CVE-2016-9446
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| arch | fixed | 1.10.2-2 | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.10.1-1 |
| rhel | 7.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.4 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.5 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.6 | affected | |
| rhel | 7.7 | affected | |
| fedora | 35 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gstreamer | gstreamer | {"endExcluding":"1.11.1"} | 1.11.1 |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-3
- 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/94423
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9446.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9446
CWEs
CWE-665
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.