CVE-2016-9811

MEDIUM

Gstreamer < 1.10.1 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule

Description

The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.

References (10)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819

[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/95161

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

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902

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

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html

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

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0049

EPSS Percentile 65.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Affected Products (17)

gstreamer/gstreamer < 1.10.1

fedoraproject/fedora

debian/debian_linux

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_eus

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus

redhat/enterprise_linux_server_tus

... and 2 more

Timeline

Published Jan 13, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026