Buffer overflow in gst-plugins-bad1 - CVE-2016-9636
Published: January 28, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32113
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9636
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 execute arbitrary code.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by providing a 'write count' that goes beyond the initialized buffer.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9636
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3723
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3724
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94499
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774834
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10