Improper Initialization Affecting gstreamer-plugins-good package, versions <0:0.10.31-13.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-GSTREAMERPLUGINSGOOD-2516234
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 gstreamer-plugins-good to version 0:0.10.31-13.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer-plugins-good package and not the gstreamer-plugins-good package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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