Medium
Security advisory
The sbr_make_f_master function in aacsbr.c in Libav 11.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mp3 file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-7499
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The sbr_make_f_master function in aacsbr.c in Libav 11.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted mp3 file.
osv:CVE-2016-7499
Complete source record
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"references": [
"https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=libavcodec/aacsbr.c%3Bh=7d156e525b40b197c38db17acf16730845b91e56%3Bhp=dbfb1677813ce6c531e4362d0be7ccf9fdfdd28e%3Bhb=a50a5ff29ec5a8243499769e2bb9b5509ce9fd52%3Bhpb=f55e3ff5891daf3d538b4d9176371960200d68fa",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2017-02-15T21:59:00.26+00:00"
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