CVE-2016-10198

Publication date 9 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The gst_aac_parse_sink_setcaps function in gst/audioparsers/gstaacparse.c in gst-plugins-good in GStreamer before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) via a crafted audio file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gst-plugins-good0.10	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.10.31-3+nmu4ubuntu2.16.04.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.10.31-3+nmu1ubuntu5.3
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.10.31-1ubuntu1.5
gst-plugins-good1.0	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu1.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.8.3-1ubuntu0.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.2.4-1~ubuntu1.4
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
gst-plugins-good1.0	Upstream: 87a2c14

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3245-1
GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerabilities
27 March 2017