What is CVE-2016-6881?

CVE-2016-6881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-6881?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-6881

The zlib_refill function in libavformat/swfdec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6881?: CVE-2016-6881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-6881?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.