vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4797-1 (CVE-2016-7969): LibASS vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 3, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | May 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 3, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
May 5, 2025
Description
It was discovered that LibASS incorrectly handled certain ASS files. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. One of
the issues, CVE-2016-7970, only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
(CVE-2016-7969, CVE-2016-7970, CVE-2016-7972)
It was discovered that LibASS incorrectly handled parsing operations for
specific nested character strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-24994)
Solution(s)
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libass4ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libass5
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