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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9634: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 27, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via the start_line parameter.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-badgentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-basegentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-goodgentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-ugly
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