Improper Input Validation Affecting gstreamer package, versions [,1.10.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.48% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GSTREAMER-2384084
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5839  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade gstreamer to version 1.10.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.

CVSS Base Scores

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