{"id":"CVE-2016-9446","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-9446","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:03.972Z","title":"The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.","description":"The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.","published":"2017-01-23T21:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:56:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@opentext.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-665"],"affected":["gstreamer/gstreamer","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux eus","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server aus","redhat/enterprise linux server tus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.03599,"percentile":0.89396,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10","source":"security@opentext.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9446","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}