#VU32145 Heap-based buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2016-10190
Published: February 9, 2017 / Updated: October 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32145
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10190
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Software vendor:
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in 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. A remote attacker can use a negative chunk size in an HTTP response. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
The vendor has issued the following versions to address this vulnerability: 2.8.10, 3.0.5, 3.1.6, 3.2.2.
External links
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95986
- https://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2a05c8f813de6f2278827734bf8102291e7484aa
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5992