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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2016-9811
GStreamer Windows Icon Typefind Denial of Service
Description

The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 13, 2017, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-9811 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Gstreamer gstreamer
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 9
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This addresses a vulnerability in GStreamer by updating the affected packages to a patched version.
  • Update the affected GStreamer packages.
  • Upgrade the GStreamer packages to the latest versions.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-9811.

URL Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-9811 is associated with the following CWEs:

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-2016-9811 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-9811 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-9811 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902
    Added Reference https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
  • 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 MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    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=774902 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 No Types Assigned https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    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
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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]

    Nov. 26, 2021

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

    Feb. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned]
  • 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]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819 [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]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161 [No Types Assigned]
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.7
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.48 }} 0.02%

score

0.64307

percentile