Out-of-bounds read in gstreamer - CVE-2016-9447

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Out-of-bounds read in gstreamer - CVE-2016-9447

Published: January 23, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39795
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9447
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The ROM mappings in the NSF decoder in gstreamer 0.10.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NSF music file.


Affected software

gstreamer
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
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 - Extended Update Support
Fedora
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free (Red Hat package)
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free

How to mitigate CVE-2016-9447

Install update from vendor's website.

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.10.19-5.el6_8, 0.10.23-22.el7_3
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free - addressed in versions 0.10.23-33.fc24, 0.10.23-34.fc24, 0.10.23-34.fc25

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