CVE-2016-2330

HIGH

FFmpeg < 2.8.6 - Denial of Service via Crafted TGA File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tga file, related to the gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84217
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0101
EPSS Percentile 77.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
ffmpeg/ffmpeg < 2.8.5
Published Feb 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026