What is CVE-2016-7502?

CVE-2016-7502 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-7502?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-7502

The cavs_idct8_add_c function in libavcodec/cavsdsp.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to reading out-of-bounds memory when decoding with cavs_decode.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7502?: CVE-2016-7502 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-7502?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.