Buffer overflow in Gstreamer
CVE-2016-9808
The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.051 (92.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.051 · newest: 0.051 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.ht… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-9808?
- CVE-2016-9808 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gstreamer, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-01-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-9808?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.