CVE-2016-9820 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-9820?

CVE-2016-9820 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libav Libav, published on 1 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

libavcodec/mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors involving left shift of a negative value.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9820?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libav Libav.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9820?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-9820 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9820 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Libav Libav

• CVE-2014-3984 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Libav before 0.8.12 allow remote attackers to have unknown impact and vectors. Critical 10.0
• CVE-2017-9051 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4609 Integer overflow in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-9719 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2018-5766 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8

All Libav Libav vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mxw4-6746-5j6p, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9820.