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CVE-2016-9634

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9634 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow in the GStreamer FLIC decoder, specifically within the flx_decode_delta_fli function, affecting Debian, GStreamer, and Red Hat products. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating an easily exploitable network-based attack that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While highly severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0927 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.23-4.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-good-0:0.10.31-12.el7_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-good-0:1.4.5-3.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-good

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9634Important

gstreamer-plugins-good: Heap buffer overflow in FLIC decoder

Nov 21, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / releases/1.10
Release NotesVendor Advisory
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com / 2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html
ExploitTechnical Description
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3723
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3724
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94499
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry