CVE-2016-9813
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers...
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9813- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9813- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10614 No score
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
EUVD-2016-10614- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pvcc-25wc-frxr
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers...
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
GHSA-pvcc-25wc-frxr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2016-9813
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
ALPINE-CVE-2016-9813- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
CVE-2016-9813- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-9813
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9813- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2017:0021
Red Hat Security Advisory: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free security update
- Record
RHSA-2017:0021- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-9813
The _parse_pat function in the mpegts parser in GStreamer before 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted file.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9813- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0012 No score
Updated gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad/gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad packages fix security vulnerability
Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer plugin to decode VMware screen capture files allowed the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446).
Chris Evans discovered that the GStreamer 0.10 plugin to decode NES Sound Format files allowed the execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2016-9447).
Hanno Boeck discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GStreamer media framework and its codecs and demuxers, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed media file is opened (CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2016-9812, CVE-2016-9813, CVE-2017-5843, CVE-2017-5848).
The gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package was affected by CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9447, CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2017-5843, and CVE-2017-5848).
The gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad package was affected by CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446, CVE-2016-9809, CVE-2016-9812, CVE-2016-9813, CVE-2017-5843, and CVE-2017-5848.
- Record
MGASA-2018-0012- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3296-1 No score
Security update for gstreamer-plugins-bad
This update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following security issues, which would allow attackers able to submit media files for indexing to cause code execution or crashes:
- Check an integer overflow (CVE-2016-9445) and initialize a buffer (CVE-2016-9446) in vmncdec. (bsc#1010829)
- CVE-2016-9809: Ensure codec_data has the right size when reading number of SPS (bsc#1013659).
- CVE-2016-9812: Add more section size checks (bsc#1013678).
- CVE-2016-9813: fix PAT parsing (bsc#1013680).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3296-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:3297-1 No score
Security update for gstreamer-plugins-bad
This update for gstreamer-plugins-bad fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-9809: Malicious mkv/h264 file could cause an off by one out of bounds read and lead to crash (bsc#1013659)
- CVE-2016-9812: Malicious mpeg file could cause invalid a null pointer access and lead to crash (bsc#1013678)
- CVE-2016-9813: Malicious mpegts file could cause invalid a null pointer access and lead to crash (bsc#1013680)
- CVE-2016-9445, CVE-2016-9446: Check an integer overflow and initialize a buffer in vmncdec (bsc#1010829)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:3297-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gst-plugins-bad1Alpine:v3.4 |
before 1.8.3-r0 | 1.8.3-r0 |
gst-plugins-bad1Alpine:v3.5 |
before 1.8.3-r0 | 1.8.3-r0 |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Debian:12 |
before 1.10.2-1 | 1.10.2-1 |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Debian:13 |
before 1.10.2-1 | 1.10.2-1 |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Debian:14 |
before 1.10.2-1 | 1.10.2-1 |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Debian:8 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.4.4-2.1+deb8u2, plus listed versions 1.4.4-2.11.4.4-2.1+deb8u1 |
1.4.4-2.1+deb8u2 |
gstreamer0.10-plugins-badMageia:5 From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0.10.23-22.2.mga5 | 0.10.23-22.2.mga5 |
gstreamer1.0-plugins-badMageia:5 From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 1.4.3-2.1.mga5 | 1.4.3-2.1.mga5 |
gstreamer0.10-plugins-badMageia:5 From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 0.10.23-22.2.mga5.tainted | 0.10.23-22.2.mga5.tainted |
gstreamer1.0-plugins-badMageia:5 From an advisory covering 8 CVEs |
before 1.4.3-2.1.mga5.tainted | 1.4.3-2.1.mga5.tainted |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 | 0:1.4.5-6.el7_3 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.8.3-14.1 | 1.8.3-14.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.8.3-14.1 | 1.8.3-14.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.8.3-14.1 | 1.8.3-14.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.8.3-14.1 | 1.8.3-14.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.8.3-14.1 | 1.8.3-14.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gstreamer-plugins-badSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs |
before 1.2.4-3.4.1 | 1.2.4-3.4.1 |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.2.0-3ubuntu51.2.1-1ubuntu11.2.1-1ubuntu21.2.2-1ubuntu11.2.2-1ubuntu2 Show 6 moreShow less1.2.2-1ubuntu41.2.3-1ubuntu11.2.3-1ubuntu21.2.4-1~ubuntu11.2.4-1~ubuntu1.11.2.4-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1 |
None known |
gst-plugins-bad1.0Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.6.0-1ubuntu11.6.1-1ubuntu11.6.2-1ubuntu11.7.1-1ubuntu11.7.1-1ubuntu3 Show 11 moreShow less1.7.1-1ubuntu41.7.2-1ubuntu11.7.90-1ubuntu21.7.91-1ubuntu11.8.0-1ubuntu11.8.1-1ubuntu0.11.8.2-1ubuntu0.11.8.2-1ubuntu0.21.8.3-1ubuntu0.21.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm11.8.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm2 |
None known |
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | GStreamer gst-plugins-bad Plugin - NULL Pointer Dereference | 2017-06-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-9813 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Gstreamer, published December 29, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.90%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in gst-plugins-bad1 1.8.3-r0.
References
debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3818
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0021.html
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775120
gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.10
exploit-db.com/exploits/42162
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/05/8
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securityfocus.com/bid/95158
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-10
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9813
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pvcc-25wc-frxr
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-9813
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9813
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0012.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20238
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/13
lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/708524
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IQKP5AYCCUOV4CJ6YAVAIDLWZRXEY7JG
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0021
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395767
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_0021.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9445
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2016/11/0day-poc-risky-design-decisions-in.html?m=1
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20163296-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1010829
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9813