5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-6832
Libav Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ff_audio_resample 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.

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Published Date :

Feb. 15, 2017, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-6832 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6832 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libav libav
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-6832.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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C Perl 6 Perl ASP HTML Rich Text Format Visual Basic TeX Assembly Shell

Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 1:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 308 different CVEs too.

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 5 months, 1 week ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

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Shell C Perl PHP TeX Python Assembly Makefile HTML XSLT

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
327 stars 70 fork 70 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2015, 10:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 309 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-6832 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6832 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Exploit, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/ No Types Assigned https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/ Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=825 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Exploit, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/13/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce No Types Assigned https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.36 }} 0.11%

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0.68253

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