Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-good package, versions <0:1.10.4-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.26% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSGOOD-1470758
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Jan 2017

Introduced: 19 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer1-plugins-good to version 0:1.10.4-2.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-good package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-good package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The html_context_handle_element function in gst/subparse/samiparse.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted SMI file, as demonstrated by OneNote_Manager.smi.