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Debian: CVE-2016-9446: gst-plugins-bad0.10, gst-plugins-bad1.0 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-9446: gst-plugins-bad0.10, gst-plugins-bad1.0 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gst-plugins-bad0-10
  • debian-upgrade-gst-plugins-bad1-0

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