NULL pointer dereference in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2016-9813

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32110

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9813

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a crafted file.

gst-plugins-bad1
gst-plugins-bad1 (Alpine package)
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (Red Hat package)
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Fedora

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

gst-plugins-bad1 (Alpine package) - update to 1.8.3-r0
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free - addressed in versions 0.10.23-34.fc24, 0.10.23-35.fc25
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (Red Hat package) - update to 1.4.5-6.el7_3
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free - update to 1.8.3-3.fc24

• Exploit #3635 - GStreamer gst-plugins-bad Plugin - NULL Pointer Dereference (July 29, 2020)

• 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/95158
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775120
• https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42162/

• NULL pointer dereference in GStreamer gst-plugins-bad1
• NULL pointer dereference in gst-plugins-bad1 (Alpine package)
• Fedora 25 update for gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
• Fedora 24 update for gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
• Fedora 24 update for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free