CVE-2016-6920

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving tile positions.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6920
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-23T21:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-09T20:00:51
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.1.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92664 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138618/ffmpeg-3.1.2-Heap-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=79f52a0dbd484aad111e4bf4a4f7047c7ceb6137 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92790
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539368/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6920
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6920
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:33:37 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:06:44 2017-01-23T21:59Z 2017-01-23T21:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:06:44 2018-10-09T20:00:51 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:06:44 Modified Vulnerability Status updated