CVE-2016-9811: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 35 only
• Gstreamer Gstreamer: up to and including 1.10.1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2017-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.