CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10191

Critical
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/rtmppkt.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 attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to check for RTMP packet size mismatches.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the system, posing a serious threat to the organization's security and data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FFmpeg to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures against unauthorized access.

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/rtmppkt.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 attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to check for RTMP packet size mismatches.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS