CVE-2017-5839

gstreamer-plugins-base: Stack overflow in gst_riff_create_audio_caps

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 15, 2016

Updated · March 18, 2026

Description

The gst_riff_create_audio_caps function in gst-libs/gst/riff/riff-media.c in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.3 does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack overflow and crash) via vectors involving nested WAVEFORMATEX.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion