Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12779 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Matroska Mkvalidator 0.5.1

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
matroska
CWE-476

Summary

The Node_GetData function in corec/corec/node/node.c in mkvalidator 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Null pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted mkv file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Matroska
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)