7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-9446
Gstreamer vmnc Decoder Canvas Information Leak
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 23, 2017, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-9446 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9446 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_eus
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Gstreamer_project gstreamer

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A utility like pkg-audit for Arch Linux. Based on Arch Security Team data.

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Rust Makefile

Updated: 4 months ago
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Born at : Sept. 22, 2016, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9446 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9446 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference OpenText https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference SUSE https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
    Removed Reference SUSE https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe
    Removed Reference SUSE https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423
    Removed Reference SUSE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
    Removed Reference SUSE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
    Removed Reference SUSE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source SUSE OpenText
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-200
    Added CWE NIST CWE-665
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.11.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe No Types Assigned https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html No Types Assigned https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html Third Party Advisory, Technical Description, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-9446 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.60 }} 0.41%

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0.75958

percentile

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