CVE-2017-5842 — Out-of-bounds Write in Gst-plugins-base1.0

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read11 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Gst-plugins-base1.0Gstreamer
Timeline
PublishedFeb 9
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/gst-plugins-base1.0< gst-plugins-base1.0 1.10.3-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pmrq-vf7r-jxr9: The html_context_handle_element function in gst/subparse/samiparse↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-5842: The html_context_handle_element function in gst/subparse/samiparse↗2017-02-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities↗2017-03-27
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Red Hat
gstreamer-plugins-base: Out-of-bounds heap read in html_context_handle_element↗2017-01-19
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Debian
CVE-2017-5842: gst-plugins-base1.0 - The html_context_handle_element function in gst/subparse/samiparse.c in gst-plug...↗2017
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5844 mingw-gstreamer1-plugins-base: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5844 gstreamer1-plugins-base: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5844 mingw-gstreamer-plugins-base: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5837 CVE-2017-5839 CVE-2017-5842 CVE-2017-5844 gstreamer-plugins-base: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5842 gstreamer-plugins-base: Out-of-bounds heap read in html_context_handle_element↗2017-02-06
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