CVE-2016-9824

Publication date 1 March 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Integer overflow in libswscale/x86/swscale.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libav 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Notes

ratliff

reproducer in asarubbo repo no upstream fix yet

ebarretto

as of 2018-09-28, no upstream fix

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H