CVE-2017-5839

7.5 highEPSS 4.5%

High (7.5) in gstreamer gstreamer. EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 4.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE: CWE-674
Published: 2017-02-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gstreamer:gstreamer

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96001
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060

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