CVE-2016-9446
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-9446
To remediate CVE-2016-9446, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/gst-plugins-bad1.0—upgrade to 1.10.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9446 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.10.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |