gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Missing initialization of allocated heap memory leads to information leak
Published Jan 23, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.60%
Description
The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
- 7.4
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.6
- 7.7
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 35
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
clutter-gst2-0:2.0.18-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gnome-video-effects-0:0.4.3-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-23.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-13.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer1-0:1.10.4-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.10.4-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.10.4-2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
orc-0:0.4.26-1.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
mingw-gstreamer-plugins-bad-free
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | clutter-gst2-0:2.0.18-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gnome-video-effects-0:0.4.3-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-23.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-13.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer1-0:1.10.4-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.10.4-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer1-plugins-base-0:1.10.4-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.10.4-2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | orc-0:0.4.26-1.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2060 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | gstreamer-plugins-bad-free | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | mingw-gstreamer-plugins-bad-free | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03599) | 89.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.57% (0.03569) | 87.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.28% (0.01283) | 77.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.31% (0.03306) | 78.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 78.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00598) | 79.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.60% (0.00598) | 77.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.60% (0.00598) | 75.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00184) | 53.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9446 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397063 Issue Tracking
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9446
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.sk/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9446
Change history (0)
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