CVE-2016-9446 (GCVE-0-2016-9446)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-23 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
security@opentext.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
security@opentext.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
security@opentext.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423
security@opentext.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
security@opentext.com https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
security@opentext.com https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe
security@opentext.com https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
security@opentext.com https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
security@opentext.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
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