Libav
CVE-2016-8676
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.26%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. 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. Affected products include: Libav.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
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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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The ff_free_picture_tables function in libavcodec/mpegpicture.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
The ff_vc1_mc_4mv_chroma4 function in libavcodec/vc1_mc.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser
A stack-based buffer overflow in the subtitle decoder in Libav 12.3 allows attackers to corrupt the stack via a crafted
In Libav through 12.2, there is an invalid memcpy in the av_packet_ref function of libavcodec/avpacket.c. Rated high sev
In Libav through 12.2, there is an invalid memcpy call in the ff_mov_read_stsd_entries function of libavformat/mov.c. Ra
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Libav before 0.8.12 allow remote attackers to have unknown impact and vectors. R
There is an illegal address access in the build_table function in libavcodec/bitstream.c of Libav 12.1 that will lead to
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function hpel_motion in mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 12.1. Rated high severi
Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x b
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, and 0.8.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the encode_slice function in libavcodec/proresenc_kostya.c in FFMpeg before 1.1.14, 1.2.x
Google Chrome before 23.0.1271.97, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, do not properly perform AAC deco
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