CVE-2017-16803
N/A
Published: November 13, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:09 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibav
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
In Libav through 11.11 and 12.x through 12.1, the smacker_decode_tree function in libavcodec/smacker.c does not properly restrict tree recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bitstream.c:build_table() out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Smacker stream.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101882x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1098x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/cd4663dc80323ba64989d0c103d51ad3ee0e9c2fVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-19Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4119Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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