VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-9445
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.69%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.69% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- Affected
- gstreamer/gstreamer
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2974.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94421
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2974.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94421
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.