Is CVE-2017-5838 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5838 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5838?

CVE-2017-5838 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5838?

CVE-2017-5838 has an EPSS score of 4.57% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5838?

Upgrade gstreamer1.0 on debian 11 to 1.10.3-1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5838

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

gstreamer1.0Debian

Fixed in:1.10.3-1CVE-2017-5838

gstreamer1.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-6291-1

gstreamer1.0-toolsUbuntu

Fixed in:1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-6291-1

libgstreamer1.0-0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.8.3-1~ubuntu0.1+esm1USN-6291-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

4.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

openwall.com

Vendor Advisory1

gstreamer.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.gnome.org

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.