Is CVE-2017-5844 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5844 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5844?

CVE-2017-5844 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5844?

CVE-2017-5844 has an EPSS score of 2.53% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5844?

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-2017-5844

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

5.5

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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (floating point exception and crash) via a crafted ASF file.

CWE-369

How to fix

Remediation Available

gst-plugins-base1.0Debian

Fixed in:1.10.3-1CVE-2017-5844

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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

openwall.com

Vendor Advisory1

gstreamer.freedesktop.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.gnome.org

Other references4

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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.