High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5839
CVE-2017-5839
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.
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Affected products
13- Range: <1.10.3
- osv-coords11 versionspkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2
< 1.2.4-2.6.8+ 10 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.6.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.6.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.6.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.6.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4-2.6.8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-12.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9nvdMailing 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-3819nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10nvd
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