CVE-2017-5838 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds heap read in GStreamer's datetime parsing function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5838?
CVE-2017-5838 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gstreamer Gstreamer, published on 9 Feb 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5838?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (9)
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | All versions | 1.2.4-2.3.3 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | All versions | 1.8.3-9.5 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | All versions | 1.2.4-2.3.3 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | All versions | 1.8.3-9.5 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | All versions | 1.8.3-9.5 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | All versions | 1.2.4-2.3.3 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | All versions | 1.8.3-9.5 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 | All versions | 1.2.4-2.3.3 |
gstreamer SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | All versions | 1.8.3-9.5 |
Products include Gstreamer Gstreamer.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5838?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-5838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5838, DSA-3822-1, GHSA-3j54-g484-c9vm, MGASA-2017-0300, SUSE-SU-2017:0966-1, SUSE-SU-2017:0967-1 and 2 more.