CVE-2016-9810 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an invalid file triggering an incorrect unref call in the flxdex decoder.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9810?
CVE-2016-9810 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gstreamer Gstreamer, published on 13 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The gst_decode_chain_free_internal function in the flxdex decoder in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via an invalid file, which triggers an incorrect unref call.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9810?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gstreamer Gstreamer.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9810?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-9810 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9810 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9810, GHSA-mrmg-668v-m9jc, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9810.