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FKIE_CVE-2017-5843

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-09 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:21
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777503Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777503Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gstreamer gstreamer *
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