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CVE-2017-5837

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-369

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted video file.

Affected products

• GStreamer: through 1.10.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777262
• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9

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