Is CVE-2016-9807 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-9807 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2016-9807?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 13 January 2017.

Which products and versions are affected?

GStreamer GStreamer before 1.10.2; Red Hat gstreamer-plugins-good Enterprise Linux 6, Enterprise Linux 7.

Is there a fix for CVE-2016-9807?

A patch was published on 2016-12-21: Red Hat released security updates for RHEL 6 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2016-9807 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2016-9807?

Check whether you run Gstreamer or Red Hat GStreamer Good Plugins. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2016-9807: GStreamer out-of-bounds read in FLIC decoder

CVE-2016-9807 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.5 · Published 2017-01-13

GStreamer is a widely used multimedia framework that allows applications to play and process video and audio files. A vulnerability in its media decoding component could allow a specially crafted video file to crash any application using the library. This could lead to a denial of service for users attempting to view malicious media content.

Technologies: Gstreamer. Vendors: Gstreamer, Red Hat.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2016-9807 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-9807 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2016-9807?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.5, published 13 January 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?: GStreamer GStreamer before 1.10.2; Red Hat gstreamer-plugins-good Enterprise Linux 6, Enterprise Linux 7.
Is there a fix for CVE-2016-9807?: A patch was published on 2016-12-21: Red Hat released security updates for RHEL 6 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2016-9807 attacked?: It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2016-9807?: Check whether you run Gstreamer or Red Hat GStreamer Good Plugins. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) exists in the flx_decode_chunks function within gst/flx/gstflxdec.c of GStreamer. The issue is triggered when the FLIC (FLX) media file format decoding plug-in processes a maliciously crafted file. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially designed FLIC file to an application using GStreamer, leading to an invalid memory read and a subsequent application crash (Denial of Service). While the primary impact is a crash, some related advisories suggest potential for further memory corruption. The vulnerability is addressed in GStreamer version 1.10.2, and some vendors like Red Hat have opted to remove the vulnerable plug-in entirely in their updates.

Affected products

GStreamer GStreamer before 1.10.2
Red Hat gstreamer-plugins-good Enterprise Linux 6, Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

2016-12-01: disclosed: Initial public disclosure on oss-security mailing list
2016-12-21: patched: Red Hat released security updates for RHEL 6
2017-01-05: patched: Red Hat released security updates for RHEL 7
2017-01-13: advisory: NVD publication date

References

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