Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32154

Resource management error in FFmpeg - CVE-2016-7122

Published: December 23, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32154

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7122

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The avi_read_nikon function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to infinite loop when it decodes an AVI file that has a crafted 'nctg' structure.

Affected software

FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
ffmpeg (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-7122

Install update from vendor's website.

FFmpeg - update to 3.1.4
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.8.11-r0

External References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94839
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-71

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