Critical severity · published Feb 9, 2017
CVE-2016-10190
Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote web servers to execute…
9.8
CVSS
8.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a negative chunk size in an HTTP response.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.4% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
through 2.8.9; 3.0; 3.0.1; 3.0.2; 3.0.3; 3.0.4; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10190
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10190
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/1
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95986
Release Notes
https://ffmpeg.org/security.html
github.com
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2a05c8f813de6f2278827734bf8102291e7484aa
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
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