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CVE-2016-9809

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9809 describes an off-by-one error in the gst_h264_parse_set_caps function within GStreamer versions prior to 1.10.2. This vulnerability, rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, could allow remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read via a crafted file, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R), it has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges are required (PR:N). There is currently 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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0:0.10.23-22.el7_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.4.5-6.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9809Low

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Off-by-one read in gst_h264_parse_set_caps

Nov 23, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / releases/1.10
Release NotesVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3818
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/95147
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry