CVE-2016-6832

NameCVE-2016-6832
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libavsourcewheezy(not affected)
libavsource(unstable)6:11.4-1

Notes

[wheezy] - libav <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/07/libav-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-ff_audio_resample-resample-c/
https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=0ac8ff618c5e6d878c547a8877e714ed728950ce
Claimed to not affect ffmpeg

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