Out-of-Bounds Affecting libav package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBAV-404992
  • published1 Mar 2017
  • disclosed1 Mar 2017

Introduced: 1 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-9823  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libav.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libavcodec/x86/mpegvideo.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.