CVE-2016-2330: libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds…

PriorityP338high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.55%

83.4th percentile

libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tga file, related to the gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
canonical	ubuntu_linux	—	—
debian	ffmpeg	< ffmpeg 2.8.6-1 (bookworm)	ffmpeg 2.8.6-1 (bookworm)
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	<= 2.8.5	—
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 2.8.6-1	2.8.6-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 2.8.6-1	2.8.6-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 2.8.6-1	2.8.6-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 2.8.6-1	2.8.6-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

vendor_debian8.8HIGH

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