Integer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2016-6164
Published: January 23, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32152
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6164
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Integer overflow in the mov_build_index function in libavformat/mov.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.3 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving sample size.
Affected software
FFmpeg
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6164
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - update to 3.0.3
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.8.11-r0
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.8.11-r0