CVE-2016-10198

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Published 2017-02-09 Β· Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
β€”
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

The gst_aac_parse_sink_setcaps function in gst/audioparsers/gstaacparse.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted audio file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
β€”

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker Β· View original β†— Β· DFSG

CVE-2016-10198 NameCVE-2016-10198 DescriptionThe gst_aac_parse_sink_setcaps function in gst/audioparsers/gstaacparse.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted audio file. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub…

CVE-2016-10198

NameCVE-2016-10198
DescriptionThe gst_aac_parse_sink_setcaps function in gst/audioparsers/gstaacparse.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted audio file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2225-1, DLA-828-1, DSA-3820-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gst-plugins-good1.0 (PTS)bullseye1.18.4-2+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1.18.4-2+deb11u4fixed
bookworm1.22.0-5+deb12u3fixed
bookworm (security)1.22.0-5+deb12u2fixed
trixie1.26.2-1fixed
trixie (security)1.26.2-1+deb13u1fixed
forky, sid1.28.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gst-plugins-good0.10sourcewheezy0.10.31-3+nmu1+deb7u2DLA-828-1
gst-plugins-good0.10sourcejessie0.10.31-3+nmu4+deb8u3DLA-2225-1
gst-plugins-good0.10source(unstable)(unfixed)low
gst-plugins-good1.0sourcejessie1.4.4-2+deb8u3DSA-3820-1
gst-plugins-good1.0source(unstable)1.10.3-1low

Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775450

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Notes
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/01/7https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775450

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
β€” Affected β€”
arch Arch Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
β€” Fixed 1.10.3-1
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.10.3-1
sid Fixed 1.10.3-1
forky Fixed 1.10.3-1
bullseye Fixed 1.10.3-1
bookworm Fixed 1.10.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gstreamergstreamer{"endIncluding":"1.10.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.