CVE-2016-9813
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.90% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- gstreamer/gstreamer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 11.4% on 21 September 2026 to 7.9% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95158Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775120Issue Tracking
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42162/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95158Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775120Issue Tracking
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42162/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.