CVE-2016-2330

Publication date 12 February 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
libav 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4:0.8.17-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

Notes

mdeslaur

as of 2016-03-31, no equivalent fix in libav

ebarretto

libav not affected according to upstream

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ffmpeg

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

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

References

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