What is CVE-2016-7555?

CVE-2016-7555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-7555?

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

Information disclosure in Ffmpeg

CVE-2016-7555

The avi_read_header function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to memory leak when decoding an AVI file that has a crafted "strh" structure.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.014 (69.2th 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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7555?: CVE-2016-7555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-7555?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.