CVE-2016-9823 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in libav 11.8, specifically within the libavcodec/x86/mpegvideo.c component, which can be triggered by processing a specially crafted file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) to cause a crash, leading to high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.