CVE-2017-12779

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2017-12779 · Published 10/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-12779 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting mkvalidator (matroska).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mkvalidator matroska	`= 0.5.1`	No fix yet

Description

The Node_GetData function in corec/corec/node/node.c in mkvalidator 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Null pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted mkv file.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/144902/mkvalidator-0.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html · Third Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/19 · Mailing List
Matroska-Org/foundation-source · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

mkvalidator

matroska

= 0.5.1

No fix yet

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