Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2017-5840
Published: February 9, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31991
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5840
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GStreamer
Affected software:
gst-plugins-bad1
gst-plugins-bad1
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c in gst-plugins-good. A remote attacker can create vectors involving the current stts index, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5840
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3820
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777469
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00029.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10