CVE-2017-5839 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 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=777265 https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/1.10.3 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5