High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5843
CVE-2017-5843
Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) gst_mini_object_unref, (2) gst_tag_list_unref, and (3) gst_mxf_demux_update_essence_tracks functions in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving stream tags, as demonstrated by 02785736.mxf.
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Affected products
8- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/gstreamer-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2
< 1.8.3-17.2+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-17.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.3-17.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- 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-3818nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10nvd
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