CVE-2017-5847

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% 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-125

Description

The 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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
GStreamer: before 1.11.2 — fixed in 1.11.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GStreamer 1.11.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3821
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://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777955#c3
https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly/commit/d21017b52a585f145e8d62781bcc1c5fefc7ee37
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00030.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3821
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

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