CVE-2017-5842

gstreamer-plugins-base: Out-of-bounds heap read in html_context_handle_element

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 19, 2017

Updated · March 18, 2026

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 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-125 · Out-of-bounds Read