CVE-2016-20099 (GCVE-0-2016-20099)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-14 14:16
Modified
2026-10-14 17:44
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Summary
L-SMASH through 2.14.5 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in vc1_importer_probe() in importer/vc1_imp.c that allows attackers to hang applications via crafted input files. Attackers can supply a file consisting only of zero bytes, which lsmash_read_file() probes automatically, causing indefinite CPU consumption and denial of service.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
l-smash l-smash Version: 0   ≤ 2.14.5
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