Critical severity · published Feb 9, 2017
CVE-2016-10192
Heap-based buffer overflow in ffserver.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 attackers to execute arbitrary code…
9.8
CVSS
6.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in ffserver.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 attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to check chunk size.
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)6.6% · higher than 94% 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-2016-10192
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10192
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
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95991
Release Notes
https://ffmpeg.org/security.html
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/a5d25faa3f4b18dac737fdb35d0dd68eb0dc2156
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