Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package, versions <0:0.10.23-23.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-GSTREAMERPLUGINSBADFREE-4791483
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Nov 2016

Introduced: 15 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9446  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free to version 0:0.10.23-23.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package and not the gstreamer-plugins-bad-free package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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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