CVE-2017-12801 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libebml2, mkclean, and mkvalidator, allowing remote attackers to crash the application via a specially crafted Matroska (MKV) file. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), it requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) but has low attack complexity and can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2012-08-26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matroska:mkclean:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matroska:mkvalidator:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.