CVE-2017-5839
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.3%
Description
The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.
How to fix CVE-2017-5839
To remediate CVE-2017-5839, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/gst-plugins-base1—upgrade to 1.8.3-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.10.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-5839 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.8.3-r0
- from 0, < 1.10.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |