Out-of-bounds read - CVE-2017-5847
Published: February 9, 2017 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33039
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-2017-5847
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_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly. A remote attacker can create vectors involving extended content descriptors, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Affected software
Arch Linux
gst-plugins-ugly (Alpine package)
drupal7 (Alpine package)
gst-plugins-ugly (Alpine package)
drupal7 (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5847
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
gst-plugins-ugly (Alpine package) - update to 1.16.0-r0
drupal7 (Alpine package) - update to 7.67-r0
drupal7 (Alpine package) - update to 7.67-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=777955#c3
- https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly/commit/d21017b52a585f145e8d62781bcc1c5fefc7ee37
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00030.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10