CVE-2016-7393

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

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.

Affected products

libav: through 11.4

References

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

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