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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-6881): ffmpeg vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 23, 2016
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

The zlib_refill function in libavformat/swfdec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-ffmpeg
Title
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