CVE-2016-9445: gstreamer Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9445 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 4.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 4Timeline
- 23-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the vmnc decoder in the gstreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large width and height values, which triggers a buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
4.84%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.84% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- gst-plugins-bad0.10< 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3
- gst-plugins-bad1.0< 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.1 | < 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
Debian1 product
- gst-plugins-bad1.0< 1.10.1-1
Gstreamer1 product
- gstreamerEOL1.10.0
3 vendors · 4 products
References
14 links- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533X Refsource CONFIRM
- cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/…X Refsource CONFIRM
