Bug 1486854 (CVE-2017-0641) - CVE-2017-0641 libvpx: Weak limit for frames
Summary: CVE-2017-0641 libvpx: Weak limit for frames
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-0641
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1486855
Blocks: 1486856
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-08-30 15:58 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:19 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-08-31 06:07:12 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-08-30 15:58:45 UTC 
A denial of service vulnerability in libvpx in Mediaserver could enable an attacker to use a specially crafted file to cause a device hang or reboot.

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https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libvpx/+/698796fc930baecf5c3fdebef17e73d5d9a58bcb
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-08-30 15:59:18 UTC 
Created libvpx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1486855]
Comment 2 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-08-31 06:07:12 UTC 
Analysis:

This is essentially an application crash caused due to parsing large files. The patch ensures that when libvpx is compiled it can only process smaller files.
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