CVE-2017-5838

The gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string function in gst/gstdatetime.c in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a malformed datetime string.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777263	Issue Tracking
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777263	Issue Tracking
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-09 15:59

Updated : 2026-03-17 15:52

NVD link : CVE-2017-5838

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5838

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gstreamer

gstreamer

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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