CVE-2016-9635
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by providing a 'skip count' that goes beyond initialized buffer.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.10.1-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.10.1-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.10.1-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.10.1-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.10.1-2 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gstreamer | gstreamer | {"endIncluding":"1.10.1"} | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3723
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3724
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94499
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774834
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9635.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9635
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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