CVE-2017-12780

CVE-2017-12780 affects the ReadData function in ebmlstring.c of Libebml2 (up to 2012-08-26). A crafted MKV file can trigger an invalid free and crash the application, resulting in a denial of service. Connected sources corroborate this issue across multiple databases and mirror the same descripti...

libebml2 ReadData Function Denial of Service Vulnerability

libebml2 is a mkv file parsing library for analyzing or parsing mkv files for playback. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the ReadData function in ebmlstring.c in Libebml2 2012-08-26 and earlier versions. With a specially crafted mkv file, a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerabilit...