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CVE-2016-9635

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9635 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the FLIC decoder within GStreamer versions prior to 1.10.2, affecting products like Debian and Red Hat. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by manipulating a 'skip count' to exceed buffer boundaries. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

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 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0927 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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 Linux 5Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-good
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9635Important

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