CVE-2017-5847

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5847
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-09 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-20 19:01:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gstreamer Project Gstreamer All All All All
Application Gstreamer Project Gstreamer All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3821-1 gst-plugins-ugly1.0 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Multiple memory access issues in gstreamer MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Multiple GStreamer Plug-ins Buffer Overflow and Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201705-10) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
asfdemux: Check that we have enough data available before parsing boo… · GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly@d21017b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 777955 – asfdemux: out of bounds read in gst_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Multiple memory access issues in gstreamer MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2226-1] gst-plugins-ugly0.10 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501185 Alpine Linux Security Update for gst-plugins-ugly
  • 710553 Gentoo Linux GStreamer plug-ins User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201705-10)
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