Use After Free Affecting gst-plugins-bad1 package, versions <1.8.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.99% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE35-GSTPLUGINSBAD1-468030
  • published22 Sept 2019
  • disclosed22 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Sep 2019

CVE-2017-5843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.5 gst-plugins-bad1 to version 1.8.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gst-plugins-bad1 package and not the gst-plugins-bad1 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) gst_mini_object_unref, (2) gst_tag_list_unref, and (3) gst_mxf_demux_update_essence_tracks functions in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving stream tags, as demonstrated by 02785736.mxf.