CVE-2016-9811

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 35
GStreamer: through 1.10.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.6, 7.7
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95161
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902
https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3819
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2

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