CVE-2016-9810

Publication date 13 January 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gst-plugins-good1.0	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.10.2-1ubuntu1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
gst-plugins-good0.10	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.10.31-3+nmu4ubuntu2.16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.10.31-1ubuntu1.4

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gst-plugins-good1.0	Upstream: ?h=1.10

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H