5.5

CVE-2016-9813: gstreamer NULL Pointer Dereference

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9813UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9813DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9813
Published 13-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9813 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in gstreamer. EPSS estimates a 7.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.90%
0%100%
Low · -0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
DSA-3818-1MGASA-2018-0012RHSA-2017:0021SUSE-SU-2016:3296-1SUSE-SU-2016:3297-1

Timeline

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

Description

The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.06 pp

From 7.97% 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

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    GStreamer gst-plugins-bad Plugin - NULL Pointer Dereference

    Maturity: poc

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.

Alpine1 product
  • gst-plugins-bad1< 1.8.3-r0
Debian1 product
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0< 1.10.2-1
Gstreamer1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0All versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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