7.8

CVE-2016-9809: gstreamer Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9809SUSE-SU-2017:0330-1SUSE-SU-2017:0331-1
Published 13-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9809 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 2.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.90%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 2
DLA-2164-1DSA-3818-1MGASA-2018-0012MGASA-2018-0013RHSA-2017:0018RHSA-2017:0021

Timeline

  1. 13-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the gst_h264_parse_set_caps function in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.02 pp

From 2.93% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse6 products
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 0.10.23-19.6.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 0.10.23-25.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1< 0.10.23-19.6.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2< 0.10.23-25.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP1< 0.10.23-19.6.1
Debian2 products
  • gst-plugins-bad0.10< 0.10.23-7.1+deb7u4
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0< 1.10.2-1
Ubuntu2 products
  • gst-plugins-bad0.10< 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3+esm1
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • gst-plugins-bad1< 1.8.3-r0
Gstreamer1 product

5 vendors · 12 products

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