CVE-2017-5838

7.5 HIGH

Published: February 09, 2017 Modified: March 17, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777263

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3822