suse · CVE-2016-7972

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Priority: medium Published: 2021-05-30 13:46:31 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 15:59:07 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-7972 severity moderate: SUSE including 18 source package names (libass-devel-0.10.2-3.1, libass-devel-0.13.4-2.1, …), 43 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2, … (33 product lines)): Fixed 43.

Description:

The check_allocations function in libass/ass_shaper.c in libass before 0.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure) via unspecified vectors.

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