Vigil@nce - GStreamer: out-of-bounds memory reading via gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt
April 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt() of GStreamer, in order to trigger a
denial of service, or to obtain sensitive information.
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, openSUSE Leap, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 21/02/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
gst_avi_demux_parse_ncdt() of GStreamer, in order to trigger a
denial of service, or to obtain sensitive information.
A detailed analysis was not performed for this bulletin.
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