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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-0387 json

Array index error in the qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c in GStreamer Good Plug-ins (aka gst-plugins-good) 0.10.9 t…

published 2009-02-02 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also PYSEC-2009-15 , EUVD-2009-0391

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Array index error in the qtdemux_parse_samples function in gst/qtdemux/qtdemux.c in GStreamer Good Plug-ins (aka gst-plugins-good) 0.10.9 through 0.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data in a malformed QuickTime media .mov file, related to "mark keyframes."

Patch / fix

  • gstreamer-plugins-good RHEL 5 0.10.9-1.el5_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0271

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-2009-0387 updated cvss 6.8

gstreamer-plugins-good: Array index error while parsing malformed QuickTime media files via crafted Sync Sample (aka stss) atom data

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) gstreamer-plugins-good 0.10.9-1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) gstreamer-plugins-good 0.10.9-1.el5_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) gstreamer-plugins-good 0.10.9-1.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0271

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trapkit.de http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-003.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi gstreamer-plugins
<=0.10.9
<=0.10.10
<=0.10.11
<=0.8.5
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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