CVE-2016-9820 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libav 11.8, specifically within the libavcodec/mpegvideo_motion.c component. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by providing specially crafted input that triggers a left shift of a negative value. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), leading to high availability impact (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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