CVE-2016-9635: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 8.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the flx_decode_delta_fli function in gst/flx/gstflxdec.c in the FLIC decoder in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by providing a 'skip count' that goes beyond initialized buffer.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Gstreamer Gstreamer: up to and including 1.10.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2017-01-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.