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CVE-2016-9447 json

The ROM mappings in the NSF decoder in gstreamer 0.10.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) a…

published 2017-01-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10257

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ROM mappings in the NSF decoder in gstreamer 0.10.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NSF music file.

Patch / fix

  • gst-plugins-bad0.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9447

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHEL 7 0.10.23-22.el7_3
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free RHEL 6 0.10.19-5.el6_8
  • gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras RHEL 6 0.10.19-5.el6_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0018RHSA-2016:2974

  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP1 0.10.23-19.3.4
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 0.10.23-22.5

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0028-1SUSE-SU-2017:0027-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9447 updated cvss 7.5

gstreamer-plugins-bad-free: Memory corruption flaw in NSF decoder

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2017:0018
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras 0.10.19-5.el6_8
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2016:2974
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-debuginfo 0.10.23-22.el7_3, gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-devel-docs 0.10.23-22.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix “sudo rm /usr/lib*/gstreamer-0.10/libgstnsf.so Please note that this mitigation deletes the vulnerable NSF codec file, which removes the functionality to play Nintendo NSF music files.” RHSA-2017:0018
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gstreamer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gstreamer, gstreamer-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gstreamer, gstreamer1, gstreamer-tools, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-gtk
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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References

Sources

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