CVE-2016-6920 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.71%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedJan 23
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:3.1.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:3.1.3-1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg3.1.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7vg8-m2g2-c979: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-6920: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr↗2017-01-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-6920: ffmpeg - Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in F...↗2016
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