CVE-2016-7970

HIGH

Fedora < 0.13.3 - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Buffer overflow in the calc_coeff function in libass/ass_blur.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358
Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/08e754612019ed84d1db0d1fc4f5798248decd75

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0475
EPSS Percentile 90.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
fedoraproject/fedora 23
fedoraproject/fedora 24
fedoraproject/fedora 25
libass_project/libass < 0.13.3
Published Mar 03, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026