Description
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.
Published: 2017-01-23
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
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.
History

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer_project:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:gstreamer:gstreamer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gstreamer Project
Gstreamer Project gstreamer
Gstreamer
Gstreamer gstreamer

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Gstreamer Gstreamer
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Eus Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Tus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published:

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

Reserved: 2016-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9446

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2026-03-17T15:52:33.870

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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