Buffer Overflow Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package, versions <0:1.10.4-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.3% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBASEDEVELDOCS-5161416
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jan 2016

Introduced: 30 Jan 2016

CVE-2017-5848  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs to version 0:1.10.4-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The gst_ps_demux_parse_psm function in gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c in gst-plugins-bad in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via vectors involving PSM parsing.

CVSS Scores

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