Integer Signedness Error in NeL Library Allows Remote DoS

CVE-2005-1402 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Integer signedness error in certain older versions of the NeL library, as used in Mtp-Target 1.2.2 and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or server crash) via a negative value in a STLport call, which is not caught by a signed comparison.

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