CVE-2016-7424

MEDIUM

Debian Linux < 11.7 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

The put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in x86/rnd_template.c in libav 11.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted MP3 file.

References (8)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3685

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/17

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/1

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/4

[Broken Link] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93038

[Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/17/libav-null-pointer-dereference-in-put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx-rnd_template-c/

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962

[Various Sources] https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=136f55207521f0b03194ef5b55ba70f1635d6aee

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0024

EPSS Percentile 46.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (3)

debian/debian_linux

libav/libav < 11.7

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 07, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026