vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-7972: libass -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 19, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The check_allocations function in libass/ass_shaper.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) via unspecified vectors.

Solution

debian-upgrade-libass
Title
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