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
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https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.de/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/commit/gst/vmnc/vmncdec.c?id=4cb1bcf1422bbcd79c0f683edb7ee85e3f7a31fe | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774533 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/12 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94423 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060 | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UM7IXFGHV66KNWGWG6ZBDNKXD2UJL2VQ/ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2017-01-23 13:59
Updated : 2021-11-30 14:12
NVD link : CVE-2016-9446
Mitre link : CVE-2016-9446
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-665
Improper Initialization
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_tus
- enterprise_linux_server
- enterprise_linux_eus
fedoraproject
- fedora
gstreamer_project
- gstreamer