NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package, versions <0:1.4.5-6.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.81% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMER1PLUGINSBADFREEDEVEL-4668986
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Nov 2016

Introduced: 25 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9813  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel to version 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0021.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package and not the gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.