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CVE-2019-9928

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9928 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in GStreamer versions prior to 1.16.0, affecting various Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. This flaw, triggered by a crafted RTSP server response, carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk of remote code execution, confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise with low attack complexity and user interaction. Despite its high severity and potential for significant impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or notable community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0596 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-base
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer1-plugins-base
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gstreamer-plugins-base

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9928Moderate

GStreamer: heap-based buffer overflow in the RTSP connection parser via crafted server response leading to remote code execution

Apr 22, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00078.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00082.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00049.html
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / security
Release NotesVendor Advisory
gstreamer.freedesktop.org / security/sa-2019-0001.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00031.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Apr/39
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-33
usn.ubuntu.com / 3958-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4437
Third Party Advisory