CVE-2017-5847: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The gst_asf_demux_process_ext_content_desc function in gst/asfdemux/gstasfdemux.c in gst-plugins-ugly in GStreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via vectors involving extended content descriptors.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
  • Gstreamer Gstreamer: before 1.11.2 (fixed in 1.11.2)

Published 2017-02-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.