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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-9808 · published 13 January 2017

CVE-2016-9808: Gstreamer out-of-bounds write vulnerability

Gstreamer · Gstreamer

The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 5.1% · top 7.9% CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds write
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
5.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2 Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-9808), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.