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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9811

The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.

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CVE-2016-9811

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Jan 2017, 16:59 UTC

The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.

osv:CVE-2016-9811
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "The windows_icon_typefind function in gst-plugins-base in GStreamer before 1.10.2, when G_SLICE is set to always-malloc, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted ico file.",
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        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2060",
        "https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00032.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10",
        "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774902"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436852,
  "published_at": "2017-01-13T16:59:01.277+00:00"
}