CVE-2016-6832
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6832
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6832.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6832
- Published
- 2017-02-15T19:59:00.360Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:27:33.694416Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Heap-based buffer overflow in the ffaudioresample 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.
- References
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- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libav/libav
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libav/libav
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "11.3" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }