SB2016120613 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FFmpeg

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SB2016120613 - Multiple vulnerabilities in FFmpeg

Published: December 6, 2016 Updated: June 8, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016120613
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2327)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

libavcodec/pngenc.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.5 uses incorrect line sizes in certain row calculations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .avi file, related to the apng_encode_frame and encode_apng functions.


2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2326)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Integer overflow in the asf_write_packet function in libavformat/asfenc.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PTS (aka presentation timestamp) value in a .mov file.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References