5.5

CVE-2016-6881: ffmpeg Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-6881UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6881DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6881
Published 23-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6881 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2018-0008

Timeline

  1. 23-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The zlib_refill function in libavformat/swfdec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.90% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard4 products
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-4.4.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-5.0.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-6.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Alpine1 product
  • ffmpeg< 2.8.11-r0 | < 3.0.7-r0
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:3.1.3-1
Ffmpeg1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

5 vendors · 8 products

References

6 links