CVE-2016-7424

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in x86/rnd_template.c in libav 11.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted MP3 file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
libav: through 11.7

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3685
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93038
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/17/libav-null-pointer-dereference-in-put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx-rnd_template-c/
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=136f55207521f0b03194ef5b55ba70f1635d6aee
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3685
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/4

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