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Ubuntu: USN-4797-1 (CVE-2016-7969): LibASS vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Mar 3, 2017

Added

Mar 22, 2023

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

The wrap_lines_smart function in ass_render.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors, related to "0/3 line wrapping equalization."

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libass4ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libass5

References

CVE-2016-7969
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-7969
CWE-125
EUVD-EUVD-2016-8817
UBUNTU-USN-4797-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-8817

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