CVE-2016-9808: gstreamer Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9808 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 5Timeline
- 13-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.04 pp
From 5.10% 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
1 foundExploit Reference (scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine2 products
- gst-plugins-good< 1.10.4-r0
- gst-plugins-good1< 1.8.3-r0 | < 1.10.4-r0
Ubuntu2 products
- gst-plugins-good0.10< 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.2 | < 0.10.31-3+nmu4ubuntu2.16.04.2
- gst-plugins-good1.0< 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.3 | < 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3
Debian1 product
- gst-plugins-good1.0< 1.10.1-2
Gstreamer1 product
- gstreamer≤ 1.10.1
4 vendors · 6 products
References
15 links- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.htmlX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
