Improper Input Validation Affecting libquicktime package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBQUICKTIME-324746
  • published2 Aug 2017
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12143  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 libquicktime.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libquicktime package and not the libquicktime package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libquicktime 1.2.4, an allocation failure was found in the function quicktime_read_info in lqt_quicktime.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.