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CVE-2016-9445 json

Integer overflow in the vmnc decoder in the gstreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large width and heig…

published 2017-01-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10255

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.8%
EPSS 4.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the vmnc decoder in the gstreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large width and height values, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9445

  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.1
  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
  • gst-plugins-bad0.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9445

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  • gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free RHEL 7 1.4.5-6.el7_3
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHEL 7 0.10.23-22.el7_3
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHEL 6 0.10.19-5.el6_8
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras RHEL 6 0.10.19-5.el6_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0021RHSA-2017:0018RHSA-2016:2974

  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 0.10.23-19.3.4
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 0.10.23-22.5
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 1.8.3-14.1
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +5 more 1.2.4-3.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0028-1SUSE-SU-2017:0027-1SUSE-SU-2016:3296-1SUSE-SU-2016:3297-1

  • gst-plugins-bad Arch Linux 1.10.2-2

arch linux advisories AVG-76

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9445 updated cvss 7.5

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Integer overflow when allocating render buffer in VMnc decoder

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.4.5-6.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0021
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2974
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 1.4.5-6.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gstreamer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gstreamer, gstreamer-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gstreamer, gstreamer1, gstreamer-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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