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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-5843): gst-plugins-bad0.10 vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) gst_mini_object_unref, (2) gst_tag_list_unref, and (3) gst_mxf_demux_update_essence_tracks functions in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving stream tags, as demonstrated by 02785736.mxf.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-gst-plugins-bad0-10
Title
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