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CVE-2016-6832

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Date: February 15, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6832

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1

Url: https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce

Url: https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825

Url: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6832

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v11.4

CVSS v3

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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