Out-of-bounds read in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2016-9812
Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32109
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9812
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GStreamer
Affected software:
gst-plugins-bad1
gst-plugins-bad1
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9812
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
- 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/95160
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775048
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10