Out-of-bounds read in gstreamer - CVE-2017-5838
Published: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79771
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-2017-5838
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string() function in gst/gstdatetime.c. A remote attacker can pass a malformed datetime string to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
gstreamer
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
gstreamer1.0-tools (Ubuntu package)
libgstreamer1.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
gstreamer
mingw-gstreamer1
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
gstreamer1.0-tools (Ubuntu package)
libgstreamer1.0-0 (Ubuntu package)
gstreamer
mingw-gstreamer1
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5838
Install update from vendor's website.
gstreamer - update to 1.10.3
gstreamer1.0-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libgstreamer1.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
gstreamer - update to 1.10.3-1
mingw-gstreamer1 - addressed in versions 1.10.3-1.fc25, 1.11.1-1.fc25
gstreamer1.0-tools (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libgstreamer1.0-0 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
gstreamer - update to 1.10.3-1
mingw-gstreamer1 - addressed in versions 1.10.3-1.fc25, 1.11.1-1.fc25
External References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822
- 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=777263
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10