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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.656Z

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5839

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-09T15:59:01.410

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5839

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5839 - Bugzilla

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