CVE-2016-9808

Public Exploit

Description

The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.16% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory freedesktop.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.html third party advisory exploit
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446 vdb entry third party advisory
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 release notes vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-9808?
CVE-2016-9808 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-9808?
To fix CVE-2016-9808, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-9808 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-9808 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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