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CVE-2017-5838 json

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 denia…

published 2017-02-09 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14915

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gstreamer1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5838

  • gstreamer1.0 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5838

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • orc RHEL 7 0.4.26-1.el7
  • gstreamer1 RHEL 7 1.10.4-2.el7
  • clutter-gst2 RHEL 7 2.0.18-1.el7
  • orc-compiler RHEL 7 0.4.26-1.el7
  • gnome-video-effects RHEL 7 0.4.3-1.el7
  • gstreamer-plugins-good RHEL 7 0.10.31-13.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-base RHEL 7 1.10.4-1.el7
  • gstreamer1-plugins-good RHEL 7 1.10.4-2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2060

  • gstreamer SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 1.2.4-2.3.3
  • gstreamer SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.8.3-9.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0967-1SUSE-SU-2017:0966-1

  • gstreamer openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-good openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-ugly openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.18.5-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10826-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10827-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10829-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10830-1

  • gstreamer Arch Linux 1.10.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-167

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5838 updated cvss 5.5

gstreamer: Out-of-bounds read in gst_date_time_new_from_iso8601_string()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) orc 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1 1.10.4-2.el7, clutter-gst2 2.0.18-1.el7, gnome-video-effects 0.4.3-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-good 1.10.4-2.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) orc-compiler 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-2.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) orc 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1 1.10.4-2.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer-plugins-good 0.10.31-13.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) clutter-gst2 2.0.18-1.el7, orc-compiler 0.4.26-1.el7, gnome-video-effects 0.4.3-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-good 1.10.4-2.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.10.4-2.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools 1.10.4-1.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) orc 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1 1.10.4-2.el7, clutter-gst2 2.0.18-1.el7, gnome-video-effects 0.4.3-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-good 1.10.4-2.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) orc-compiler 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-2.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) orc 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1 1.10.4-2.el7, clutter-gst2 2.0.18-1.el7, gnome-video-effects 0.4.3-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-good 1.10.4-2.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) orc-compiler 0.4.26-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools 1.10.4-1.el7, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk 1.10.4-2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2060
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gstreamer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gstreamer, gstreamer-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gstreamer, gstreamer-tools Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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