CVE-2016-7393

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the aac_sync function in aac_parser.c in Libav before 11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92902Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/20/libav-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-aac_sync-aac_parser-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb1473080223a634b8ac2cca48a632d037a0a69d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92902Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/20/libav-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-aac_sync-aac_parser-c/Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fb1473080223a634b8ac2cca48a632d037a0a69d

Timeline

Published: Feb 15, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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