CVE-2016-9810

MEDIUM

Gstreamer < 1.10.1 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The gst_decode_chain_free_internal function in the flxdex decoder in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via an invalid file, which triggers an incorrect unref call.

References (7)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95163

[Vendor Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774897

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0066

EPSS Percentile 70.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (2)

gstreamer/gstreamer < 1.10.1

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Jan 13, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026