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CVE-2016-5199

Published: 11 November 2016

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
ebarretto
Could not find the same affected code on xenial version. The
fix came on version 3.2 and xenial is on 2.8.14 where that
function does not exist and there was no similar code.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
bionic
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
precise Ignored

trusty
Released (58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172)
upstream
Released (54.0.2840.100)
xenial
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263)
yakkety
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328)
zesty
Released (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1)
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic
Released (7:3.2-1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (7:3.2-1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety
Released (7:3.0.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
libav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1.19.6-0ubuntu2)
bionic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream Pending
(1.18.5)
xenial
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (1.19.6-0ubuntu2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H