CVE-2016-7970 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7970?

CVE-2016-7970 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the calc_coeff function in libass/ass_blur.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7970?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Libass Project Libass.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7970?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-7970 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7970 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-7970, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7970, GHSA-5phf-q389-vx4x, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7970.