Is CVE-2017-5839 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5839 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5839?

CVE-2017-5839 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5839?

CVE-2017-5839 has an EPSS score of 4.48% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5839?

Upgrade gst-plugins-base1.0 on debian 11 to 1.10.3-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5839

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-674

How to fix

Remediation Available

gst-plugins-base1.0Debian

Fixed in:1.10.3-1CVE-2017-5839

gst-plugins-base0.10Ubuntu

Fixed in:0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1USN-3244-1

gst-plugins-base1.0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1USN-3244-1

Fixed in:1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2USN-3244-1

gstreamer0.10-plugins-baseUbuntu

Fixed in:0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1USN-3244-1

gstreamer1.0-plugins-baseUbuntu

Fixed in:1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1USN-3244-1

Fixed in:1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2USN-3244-1

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

4.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

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

References

Vendor Advisory1

gstreamer.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory3

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.gnome.org

Other references3

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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.