CVE-2016-6920
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Memory corruption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving tile positions.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.htmlAdvisory
- http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit%3Bh=79f52a0dbd484aad111e4bf4a4f7047c7ceb6137
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138618/ffmpeg-3.1.2-Heap-Overflow.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539368/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92664Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92790