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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9808

The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.

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CVE-2016-9808
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1 Nov 2026, 05:33 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-9808

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jan 2017, 16:59 UTC

The FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via a crafted series of skip and count pairs.

osv:CVE-2016-9808
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9808",
  "method": "structured",
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    "products": [],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.90",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.2",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.9.1",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.8.0",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.7.91",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.7.90",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-1.6.0",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-0.7.0",
            "gstreamer-vaapi-0.6.0",
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          ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.367747055Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10",
        "https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-incorrect-fix-for-gstreamer.html"
      ],
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    },
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        "value": "CVE-2016-9808",
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432558,
  "published_at": "2017-01-13T16:59:01.043+00:00"
}