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CVE-2017-5848

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5848 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the gst_ps_demux_parse_psm function within GStreamer's gst-plugins-bad component, affecting Debian, GStreamer Project, and Red Hat distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leads to an invalid memory read and system crash. While the EPSS score indicates a low likelihood of exploitation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: clutter-gst2-0:2.0.18-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnome-video-effects-0:0.4.3-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-0:1.10.4-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.10.4-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.10.4-2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-23.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-13.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: orc-0:0.4.26-1.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5848Low

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Invalid memory read in gst_ps_demux_parse_psm

Jan 30, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2060
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3818
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96001
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry