Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libebml  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBEBML-617789
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed10 Nov 2017

Introduced: 10 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-12802  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libebml package and not the libebml package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The EBML_IntegerValue function in ebmlnumber.c in libebml2 through 2012-08-26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assert fault) via a crafted mkv file.