Resource Management Errors Affecting libass/libass package, versions [,0.14.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.34% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBASSLIBASS-2367369
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed3 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Mar 2017

CVE-2016-7972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libass/libass to version 0.14.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The check_allocations function in libass/ass_shaper.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1