Denial of Service Vulnerability in Libav 11.9 via Crafted MP3 File (CVE-2016-8675 Incomplete Fix)

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Libav 11.9 via Crafted MP3 File (CVE-2016-8675 Incomplete Fix)

CVE-2016-8676 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The get_vlc2 function in get_bits.h in Libav 11.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted mp3 file. NOTE: this issue exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8675.

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