CVE-2016-9819

MEDIUM

Libav - Numeric Error

Title source: rule

Description

libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libav-multiple-crashes-from-the-undefined-behavior-sanitizer/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94732

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.1%

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-189

Status published

Affected Products (2)

libav/libav

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 01, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026