CVE-2016-6832

Published: Feb 15, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Libav: Libav

Libav

1 product

Libav

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Up to 11.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitThird Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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