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CVE-2016-9807

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9807 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GStreamer versions prior to 1.10.2, specifically affecting the flx_decode_chunks function. An attacker could exploit this by providing a specially crafted FLIC file, leading to an invalid memory read and subsequent application crash. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), requiring user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, with the primary impact being high availability loss (A:H). 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0260 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-2016-9807Low

gstreamer-plugins-good: Invalid memory read in flx_decode_chunks

Nov 22, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
cgit.freedesktop.org / gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/commit
Issue TrackingPatch
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / releases/1.10
Release NotesVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95148
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry