Divide By Zero Affecting gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package, versions <0:0.10.23-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMERPLUGINSBADFREE-5161603
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Jan 2017

Introduced: 20 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-5844  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-369  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free to version 0:0.10.23-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2060.

NVD Description

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

The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted ASF file.