CVE-2016-9807

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2016-9807 · Published 13/01/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-9807 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting gstreamer (gstreamer).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 84.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gstreamer gstreamer	`≤ 1.10.1`	No fix yet

Description

The flx_decode_chunks function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted FLIC file.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/95148 · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/commit · Issue Tracking
gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10 · Release Notes
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

gstreamer

≤ 1.10.1

No fix yet

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