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CVE-2016-9812

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9812 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the GStreamer mpegts decoder, specifically within the gst_mpegts_section_new function, affecting GStreamer versions prior to 1.10.2. This flaw, triggered by a malformed (too small) section, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated High (CVSS 7.5), it requires no user interaction or privileges, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0357 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-0:1.4.5-6.el7_3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-9812Low

gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free: Out-of-bounds read in gst_mpegts_section_new

Nov 24, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / releases/1.10
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-10
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3818
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
securityfocus.com / bid/95160