Medium
Security advisory
Integer overflow in libavcodec/mpegvideo_parser.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-9821
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Integer overflow in libavcodec/mpegvideo_parser.c in libav 11.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file.
osv:CVE-2016-9821
Complete source record
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