Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35877

Double Free in libwebp - CVE-2016-9969

Published: May 23, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35877

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9969

CWE-ID: CWE-415

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: developers.google.com

Affected software:
libwebp

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

In libwebp 0.5.1, there is a double free bug in libwebpmux.

Install update from vendor's website.