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high 7.5

CVE-2017-5847 json

The gst_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer allows remote attackers…

published 2017-02-09 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14924

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gstreamer gstreamer 1.11.2
  • gst-plugins-ugly1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5847

  • gst-plugins-ugly0.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.10.19-2+deb7u1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5847

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gstreamer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-ugly openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10826-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10827-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10830-1

  • gst-plugins-ugly Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 1.10.4-r0
  • gst-plugins-ugly1 Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 1.8.3-r0
  • gst-plugins-ugly1 Alpine 3.6 1.10.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-5847

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  • gst-plugins-ugly Arch Linux 1.10.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-166

Exploit prediction

3.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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