The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-712-1 gst-plugins-bad0.10 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10256 The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated by thumbnailing a simple 1 frame vmnc movie that does not draw to the allocated render canvas.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:38.682Z

Reserved: 2016-11-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9446

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:03.063

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-9446

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9446 - Bugzilla

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