CVE-2016-9824

NameCVE-2016-9824
DescriptionInteger overflow in libswscale/x86/swscale.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libav (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6:11.12-1~deb8u9vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libavsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[jessie] - libav <ignored> (Minor issue, usan-only no-crash warning, no patch)
[wheezy] - libav <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/12/01/libav-multiple-crashes-from-the-undefined-behavior-sanitizer
https://github.com/asarubbo/poc/blob/master/00039-libav-signedintoverflow-swscale_c
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=983

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