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CVE-2017-5846

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5846 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting GStreamer versions prior to 1.10.3, specifically within the gst-plugins-ugly component. An attacker can trigger an invalid memory read and crash by crafting a video file with a malformed number of languages. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and user interaction, leading to high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / releases/1.10
Release NotesVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00030.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3821
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96001
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry