Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-10190

Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a negative chunk size in an HTTP response.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.084 (94.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-10190: held from 0.084 to 0.084.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.084 · newest: 0.084 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Ffmpeg — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10190?
CVE-2016-10190 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-10190?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10190 known to be exploited?
4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.