CVE-2016-6832 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-02-15

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7717	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00363.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce

History

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Subscriptions

Libav Libav

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-02-15T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:43:37.927Z

Reserved: 2016-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6832

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-15T19:59:00.360

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-6832

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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