Denial of Service Vulnerability in Libav 11.7 via Crafted MP3 File

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Libav 11.7 via Crafted MP3 File

CVE-2016-7477 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The ff_put_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in rnd_template.c in Libav 11.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted mp3 file. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as involving a NULL pointer dereference.

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