CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10192

Critical
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow in ffserver.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 chunk size.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may remotely take control of the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FFmpeg to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in ffserver.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 chunk size.

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