CVE-2016-9812: gstreamer Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-9812 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 3.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 4% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2Timeline
- 13-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The gst_mpegts_section_new function in the mpegts decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a too small section.
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
3.54%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.03 pp
From 3.57% 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.
Alpine1 product
- gst-plugins-bad1< 1.8.3-r0
Debian1 product
- gst-plugins-bad1.0< 1.10.2-1
Gstreamer1 product
- gstreamer≤ 1.10.1
Ubuntu1 product
- gst-plugins-bad1.0All versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 4 products
References
12 links
- gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775048X Refsource CONFIRM