vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-5842: gst-plugins-base1.0 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2017
Added
Mar 28, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The html_context_handle_element function in gst/subparse/samiparse.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted SMI file, as demonstrated by OneNote_Manager.smi.

Solution

debian-upgrade-gst-plugins-base1-0
Title
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