| Name | CVE-2017-5839 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3819-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-base1.0 (PTS) | bullseye | 1.18.4-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.18.4-2+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.22.0-3+deb12u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1.22.0-3+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1.26.2-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 1.26.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-base0.10 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| gst-plugins-base1.0 | source | jessie | 1.4.4-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3819-1 | ||
| gst-plugins-base1.0 | source | (unstable) | 1.10.3-1 |
- gst-plugins-base0.10 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777265