CVE-2016-5199

high

Description

An off by one error resulting in an allocation of zero size in FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16

https://crbug.com/643948

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-19

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High