CVE-2016-9446
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9446
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9446.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9446
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-01-23T21:59:03.063Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:53:01.847309Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- 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://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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/gstreamer/gstreamer
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/gstreamer/gstreamer
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
gstreamer-vaapi-0.*
gstreamer-vaapi-0.5.10
gstreamer-vaapi-0.6.0
gstreamer-vaapi-0.7.0
gstreamer-vaapi-1.*
gstreamer-vaapi-1.10.0
gstreamer-vaapi-1.11.0
gstreamer-vaapi-1.6.0
gstreamer-vaapi-1.7.90
gstreamer-vaapi-1.7.91
gstreamer-vaapi-1.8.0
gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.1
gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.2
gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.90