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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5837: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-badgentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-basegentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-goodgentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-ugly
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