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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2017-5838 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (gstreamer1) | RHSA-2017:2060 | 2017-08-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gstreamer | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | gstreamer | Not affected |
| RHEV Manager 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Not affected |
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