CVE•Published 2017-01-23•Modified 2026-05-13•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2016-9446Gstreamer · Gstreamer

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-665Improper Initialization

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.

Timeline

Published 2017-01-23

Modified 2026-05-13

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2016-9446

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Gstreamer Gstreamer"

All exposed Gstreamer Gstreamer instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Gstreamer"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Gstreamer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2016-9446