CVE-2016-7499
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The sbr_make_f_master function in aacsbr.c in Libav 11.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mp3 file.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libav | libav | 11.7 | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93102
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/21/libav-divide-by-zero-in-sbr_make_f_master-aacsbr-c/
- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=libavcodec/aacsbr.c%3Bh=7d156e525b40b197c38db17acf16730845b91e56%3Bhp=dbfb1677813ce6c531e4362d0be7ccf9fdfdd28e%3Bhb=a50a5ff29ec5a8243499769e2bb9b5509ce9fd52%3Bhpb=f55e3ff5891daf3d538b4d9176371960200d68fa
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/21/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93102
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/21/libav-divide-by-zero-in-sbr_make_f_master-aacsbr-c/
- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=libavcodec/aacsbr.c%3Bh=7d156e525b40b197c38db17acf16730845b91e56%3Bhp=dbfb1677813ce6c531e4362d0be7ccf9fdfdd28e%3Bhb=a50a5ff29ec5a8243499769e2bb9b5509ce9fd52%3Bhpb=f55e3ff5891daf3d538b4d9176371960200d68fa
CWEs
CWE-369
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.