CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6920

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause an application crash.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the application, leading to a denial of service.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FFmpeg to version 3.1.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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