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FFmpeg: CVE-2016-6920: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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FFmpeg: CVE-2016-6920: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_1_3

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