What is CVE-2016-2328?

CVE-2016-2328 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-2328?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-2328

libswscale/swscale_unscaled.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not validate certain height values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array read access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .cine file, related to the bayer_to_rgb24_wrapper and bayer_to_yv12_wrapper functions.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

git.videolan.org/
git.videolan.org/
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2328?: CVE-2016-2328 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-2328?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.