# CVE-2016-9636: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-01-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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 'write count' that goes beyond the initialized buffer.

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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3724
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0019.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2975.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3723
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0020.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94499
- https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10/#1.10.2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/2
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=774834
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
- https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-exploit-advancing-exploitation.html

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