CVE-2016-2327
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
libavcodec/pngenc.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.5 uses incorrect line sizes in certain row calculations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .avi file, related to the apng_encode_frame and encode_apng functions.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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affected products (3)
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references (11)
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- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=7ec9c5ce8a753175244da971fed9f1e25aef7971cnnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=8f4c3e4b92212d98f5b9ca2dee13e076effe9589cnnvd
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ec9c5ce8a753175244da971fed9f1e25aef7971enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8f4c3e4b92212d98f5b9ca2dee13e076effe9589enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7ec9c5ce8a753175244da971fed9f1e25aef7971nvd
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