CVE-2016-9636

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by providing a 'write count' that goes beyond the initialized buffer.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
GStreamer: through 1.10.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

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.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3723
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3724
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94499
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774834
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html

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