CVE-2016-6920

HIGH

FFmpeg < 3.1.2 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in EXR Decoder

Title source: llm

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving tile positions.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138618/ffmpeg-3.1.2-Heap-Overflow.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539368/100/0/threaded

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92664

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit%3Bh=79f52a0dbd484aad111e4bf4a4f7047c7ceb6137

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92790

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0169

EPSS Percentile 82.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

ffmpeg/ffmpeg < 3.1.2

Published Jan 23, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026