Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2017-5841
Published: February 9, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32116
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5841
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt function in gst/avi/gstavidemux.c in gst-plugins-good. A remote attacker can create vectors involving ncdt tags, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
gst-plugins-bad1
Arch Linux
Fedora
gst-plugins-good1 (Alpine package)
gst-plugins-good (Alpine package)
mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good
Arch Linux
Fedora
gst-plugins-good1 (Alpine package)
gst-plugins-good (Alpine package)
mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5841
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
gst-plugins-good1 (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r0
mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good - addressed in versions 1.10.3-1.fc25, 1.11.1-1.fc25
mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good - addressed in versions 1.10.3-1.fc25, 1.11.1-1.fc25
External References
- 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=777500
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
Related Security Bulletins
- Out-of-bounds read in GStreamer gst-plugins-bad1
- Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-good (Alpine package)
- Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-good1 (Alpine package)
- Arch Linux update for gst-plugins-good
- Fedora 25 update for mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good
- Fedora 25 update for mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-good