Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2016-9811
Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32103
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9811
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.
Affected software
gst-plugins-bad1
gst-plugins-base1 (Alpine package)
gstreamer-plugins-base
gstreamer1-plugins-base
Fedora
gst-plugins-base1 (Alpine package)
gstreamer-plugins-base
gstreamer1-plugins-base
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9811
Install update from vendor's website.
gst-plugins-base1 (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r0
gstreamer-plugins-base - addressed in versions 0.10.36-15.fc24, 0.10.36-15.fc25
gstreamer1-plugins-base - update to 1.8.3-2.fc24
gstreamer-plugins-base - addressed in versions 0.10.36-15.fc24, 0.10.36-15.fc25
gstreamer1-plugins-base - update to 1.8.3-2.fc24
External References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10