CVE-2016-7970
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Memory corruption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960Patch
- https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/08e754612019ed84d1db0d1fc4f5798248decd75Patch
- https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KW6DNERYHPI5Y6SQYU3XKTVSCOWMIHUC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7JJ2SGVOX6UQQIRMVC3QACJLKHE2PYN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUOUOK3VULMMZTNSCRFCNPDAPDWAVK7X/