Vulnerability CVE-2017-12800
Published: 2017-11-09   Modified: 2017-11-10

Description:
The EBML_FindNextElement function in ebmlmain.c in libebml2 through 2012-08-26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Null pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted mkv file.

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Matroska -> Libebml2 
Matroska -> Mkclean 
Matroska -> Mkvalidator 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144902/mkvalidator-0.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/19
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/foundation-source/issues/24
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