CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7972
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The check_allocations function in libass/ass_shaper.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) via unspecified vectors.
Affected configurations
• opensuse leap 42.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• fedoraproject fedora 23
• fedoraproject fedora 24
• fedoraproject fedora 25
• libass project libass (<= 0.13.3)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00068.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/aa54e0b59200a994d50a346b5d7ac818ebcf2d4b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4 Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KW6DNERYHPI5Y6SQYU3XKTVSCOWMIHUC/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7JJ2SGVOX6UQQIRMVC3QACJLKHE2PYN/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUOUOK3VULMMZTNSCRFCNPDAPDWAVK7X/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00068.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93358 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381960 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/240/commits/aa54e0b59200a994d50a346b5d7ac818ebcf2d4b Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/tag/0.13.4 Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KW6DNERYHPI5Y6SQYU3XKTVSCOWMIHUC/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7JJ2SGVOX6UQQIRMVC3QACJLKHE2PYN/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUOUOK3VULMMZTNSCRFCNPDAPDWAVK7X/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-25 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry