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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2016-9809 json

Off-by-one error in the gst_h264_parse_set_caps function in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via…

published 2017-01-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10610

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Off-by-one error in the gst_h264_parse_set_caps function in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Patch / fix

  • gst-plugins-bad1.0 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.10.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9809

  • gst-plugins-bad0.10 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.3+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9809

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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

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

  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 0.10.23-25.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 0.10.23-19.6.1
  • 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-2017:0330-1SUSE-SU-2017:0331-1SUSE-SU-2016:3296-1SUSE-SU-2016:3297-1

  • gst-plugins-bad1 Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 1.8.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-9809

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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-2016-9809 updated cvss 3.1

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Off-by-one read in gst_h264_parse_set_caps

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: 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 Server (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 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 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 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 6 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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