CVE-2016-2330
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tga file, related to the gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.
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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 (4)
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references (12)
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- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=03d83ba34b2070878909eae18dfac0f519503777cnnvd
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03d83ba34b2070878909eae18dfac0f519503777enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84217enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010enisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1enisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09enisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03d83ba34b2070878909eae18dfac0f519503777nvd
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