CVE-2016-6832
MEDIUMlibav < 11.3 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in ff_audio_resample
Title source: llmDescription
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ff_audio_resample function in resample.c in libav before 11.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to buffer resizing.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0159
EPSS Percentile
72.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
libav/libav
< 11.3
Published
Feb 15, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026