vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-5847: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solutions

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Title
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