CVE-2016-6164

critical

Published 2017-01-23 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Integer overflow in the mov_build_index function in libavformat/mov.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.3 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving sample size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
sid	Fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
forky	Fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.8.7"}`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0.1`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0.2`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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