CVE-2016-7972

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7972
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7972.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7972
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-03-03T16:59:00.717Z
Modified
2026-05-13T12:00:33.842343777Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "23"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "24"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "25"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "13.2"
                }
            ],
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/libass/libass

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libass/libass
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
27b0232b0d9259bc009389a019eb6b47103f484a
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libass_project:libass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.13.3"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.10.0
0.10.1
0.10.2
0.11.0
0.11.1
0.11.2
0.12.0
0.12.1
0.12.2
0.12.3
0.13.0
0.13.1
0.13.2
0.13.3
0.9.10
0.9.11
0.9.12
0.9.7
0.9.8
0.9.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7972.json"