CVE-2016-6832

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6832
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-15T19:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-17T17:34:53
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 11.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce Patch
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6832
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6832
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:21 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:57:11 2017-02-15T19:59Z 2017-02-15T19:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:11 2017-02-17T17:34:53 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:57:11 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated