NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libav package, versions *
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- published18 May 2017
- disclosed18 May 2017
Introduced: 18 May 2017
CVE-2017-9051 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 libav.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.c.