CVE-2017-5840 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an out-of-bounds heap read in the GStreamer qtdemux plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-5840?
CVE-2017-5840 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 qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/isomp4/qtdemux.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via vectors involving the current stts index.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gstreamer Gstreamer.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5840?
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-2017-5840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-37328 GStreamer PGS File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-37329 GStreamer SRT File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-38103 GStreamer RealMedia File Parsing Integer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-5840, CLEANSTART-2026-TJ00141, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5840, GHSA-q2gc-pmx5-2pg2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5840.