CVE-2017-12781

Publication date 10 November 2017

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The EBML_BufferToID function in ebmlelement.c in libebml2 through 2012-08-26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Null pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted mkv file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libebml 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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