CVE-2017-5847 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5847?

CVE-2017-5847 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via vectors involving extended content descriptors.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5847?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gstreamer Gstreamer.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5847?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-5847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-5847, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5847, GHSA-j5pg-9rvj-55gp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5847.