CVE-2016-9811

Publication date 13 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gst-plugins-base0.10	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.10.36-2ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.10.36-1.1ubuntu2.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.2
gst-plugins-base1.0	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.2.4-1~ubuntu2.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gst-plugins-base1.0	Upstream: 2fdccfd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.7 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3244-1
GStreamer Base Plugins vulnerabilities
27 March 2017