CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-12780
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The ReadData function in ebmlstring.c in libebml2 through 2012-08-26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free and application crash) via a crafted mkv file.
Affected configurations
• matroska libebml2 (<= 2012-08-26)
• matroska mkclean 0.8.9
• matroska mkvalidator 0.5.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144902/mkvalidator-0.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/19 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/foundation-source/issues/24 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144902/mkvalidator-0.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/19 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/foundation-source/issues/24 Exploit, Third Party Advisory