CVE-2016-2329 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potential code execution via crafted TIFF files due to improper validation in FFmpeg.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-2329?
CVE-2016-2329 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 12 Feb 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libavcodec/tiff.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly validate RowsPerStrip values and YCbCr chrominance subsampling factors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TIFF file, related to the tiff_decode_tag and decode_frame functions.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2329?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2329?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-2329 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2329 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-2329, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2329, GHSA-2q78-jf36-cvpg, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2329.