CVE-2016-9811
medium
CVSS v3
4.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
47%
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
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | Affected | — |
| 7.6 | Affected | — |
| 7.5 | Affected | — |
| 7.4 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.10.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.10.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.10.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.10.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.10.2-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gstreamer | gstreamer | {"endIncluding":"1.10.1"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9811.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9811
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.