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CVE-2016-9445
Integer overflow in the vmnc decoder in the gstreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large width and…
High7.5EPSS 4.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
Integer overflow in the vmnc decoder in the gstreamer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large width and height values, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- RHSA-2017:0021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94421 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161118 Re: CVE Request: gstreamer plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161118 CVE Request: gstreamer plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2974 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
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