Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2017-5846
Published: February 9, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32097
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5846
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The gst_asf_demux_process_ext_stream_props function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via vectors related to the number of languages in a video file.
Affected software
gst-plugins-bad1
Arch Linux
gst-plugins-ugly1 (Alpine package)
Arch Linux
gst-plugins-ugly1 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5846
Install update from vendor's website.
gst-plugins-ugly1 (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r0
External References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3821
- 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://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777937
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00030.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10