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.
CVE-2016-9808
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 40(Track)EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation5% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 5%
- EPSS %ILE
- 92%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 13, 2017
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (18)
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446
- cve@mitrehttps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- cve@mitrehttps://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.html
- cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95446
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-9808(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2017:0020Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-good security update
- RHSA-2017:0019Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer-plugins-good security update
- RHSA-2016:2975Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer-plugins-good security update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-12.el7_3 | 2017-01-05 | redhat |
| redhat | gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.4.5-3.el7_3 | 2017-01-05 | redhat |
| redhat | gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.23-4.el6_8 | 2016-12-21 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.4(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1 | 1.0.0-r0 ... 1.8.1-r1 (33 versions) | 1.8.3-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.5(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1 | 1.0.0-r0 ... 1.8.1-r3 (35 versions) | 1.8.3-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.6(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1 | 1.0.0-r0 ... 1.8.1-r3 (35 versions) | 1.10.4-r0 | — |
Alpine:v3.7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good | 1.0.0-r0 ... 1.8.1-r3 (35 versions) | 1.10.4-r0 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | — | 1.10.1-2 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | — | 1.10.1-2 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | — | 1.10.1-2 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| gst-plugins-good1.0 | — | 1.10.1-2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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