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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9809: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9809: GStreamer plug-ins: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Off-by-one error in the gst_h264_parse_set_caps function in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-bad
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-base
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-good
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-gst-plugins-ugly

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