Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7450 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Ffmpeg
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The ff_log2_16bit_c function in libavutil/intmath.h in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to reading out-of-bounds memory when it decodes a malformed AIFF file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Nessus
NASL family | Gentoo Local Security Checks |
NASL id | GENTOO_GLSA-201701-71.NASL |
description | The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-71 (FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FFmpeg. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition via various crafted media file types or have other unspecified impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 96857 |
published | 2017-01-30 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96857 |
title | GLSA-201701-71 : FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities |