CVE-2017-5840

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-01-18
CWE:
CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1419588: CVE-2017-5840 gstreamer-plugins-good: Out of bounds heap read in qtdemux_parse_samples

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2017-5840 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RHSA-2017:2060 2017-08-01

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gstreamer-plugins-good Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gstreamer-plugins-good Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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