CVE-2016-6832
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ff_audio_resample function in resample.c in libav before 11.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to buffer resizing.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libav | libav | {"endIncluding":"11.3"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825
- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825
- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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