CVE-2016-9636 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the FLIC decoder within GStreamer, 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 "write count" to exceed buffer boundaries. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high-impact threat that can be exploited over a network with low complexity and no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it shows no signs of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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