CVE-2017-5848 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2017-5848?

CVE-2017-5848 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_ps_demux_parse_psm function in gst/mpegdemux/gstmpegdemux.c in gst-plugins-bad in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via vectors involving PSM parsing.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5848?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gstreamer Gstreamer, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5848?

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-2017-5848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5848, GHSA-wccf-r8h3-9jc2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5848.