High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5838
CVE-2017-5838
Description
The gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string function in gst/gstdatetime.c in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a malformed datetime string.
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Affected products
15- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/gstreamer&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/gstreamer-plugins-good&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/gstreamer-plugins-ugly&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 1.18.5-2.1+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.5-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.5-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.5-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.5-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-9.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-9.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-9.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-9.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.3.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-9.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10nvd
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