Out-of-Bounds Affecting libav package, versions <4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-LIBAV-405133
  • published12 Feb 2016
  • disclosed12 Feb 2016

Introduced: 12 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2330  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 libav to version 4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.