Use After Free Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package, versions <0:1.10.4-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.99% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBADFREEDEVEL-2515997
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017

Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel to version 0:1.10.4-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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.