CVE-2016-10190

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: February 09, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a negative chunk size in an HTTP response.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95986

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://ffmpeg.org/security.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2a05c8f813de6f2278827734bf8102291e7484aa

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5992

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12