CVE-2017-5839 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via stack overflow in GStreamer's RIFF media handling by exploiting nested WAVEFORMATEX structures.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5839?
CVE-2017-5839 is a high-severity denial of service 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_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.
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5839?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gstreamer Gstreamer.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5839?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-5839 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5839 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-5839, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5839, GHSA-cc95-pv6q-rgmh, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5839.