Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7424 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in x86/rnd_template.c in libav 11.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted MP3 file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3685.NASL description Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 93848 published 2016-10-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93848 title Debian DSA-3685-1 : libav - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3685. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(93848); script_version("2.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7424"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3685"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3685-1 : libav - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .8" ); # https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11.8 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4ed9920b" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libav" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3685" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the libav packages. For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 6:11.8-1~deb8u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libav"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-dbg", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-doc", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-tools", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra-56", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec56", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice55", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter5", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat56", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample2", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil54", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale-dev", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale3", reference:"6:11.8-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-780.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libav : CVE-2016-7424 The put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in x86/rnd_template.c in libav 11.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted MP3 file. (No CVE assigned) The h264 codec is vulnerable to various crashes with invalid-free, corrupted double-linked list or out-of-bounds read. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-01-13 plugin id 96458 published 2017-01-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96458 title Debian DLA-780-1 : libav security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-780-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96458); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7424"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-780-1 : libav security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libav : CVE-2016-7424 The put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx function in x86/rnd_template.c in libav 11.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted MP3 file. (No CVE assigned) The h264 codec is vulnerable to various crashes with invalid-free, corrupted double-linked list or out-of-bounds read. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libav packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/01/msg00012.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libav" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ffmpeg"); 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exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ffmpeg", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ffmpeg-dbg", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ffmpeg-doc", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libav-dbg", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libav-doc", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libav-extra-dbg", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libav-tools", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libavcodec-dev", reference:"6:0.8.19-0+deb7u1")) flag++; 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References
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/17/libav-null-pointer-dereference-in-put_no_rnd_pixels8_xy2_mmx-rnd_template-c/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93038
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3685
- https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=136f55207521f0b03194ef5b55ba70f1635d6aee