SB2016112816 - Fedora 25 update for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free



SB2016112816 - Fedora 25 update for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

Published: November 28, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016112816
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9445)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.