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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9446

The vmnc decoder in the gstreamer does not initialize the render canvas, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information as demonstrated...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 gst-plugins-bad1.0

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 gst-plugins-bad1.0

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 gst-plugins-bad1.0

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org