Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg - CVE-2016-7450
Published: December 23, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32155
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7450
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The ff_log2_16bit_c function in libavutil/intmath.h in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to reading out-of-bounds memory when it decodes a malformed AIFF file.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7450
Install update from vendor's website.