5.5

CVE-2016-7555: ffmpeg

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-7555DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7555CGA-34q3-cfpp-6jpp
Published 23-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-7555 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.5% 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
1.38%
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 2 · Related 2
OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2556-1OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2560-1

Timeline

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

Description

The avi_read_header function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to memory leak when decoding an AVI file that has a crafted "strh" structure.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.38%

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< 3.0.7-r0
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:3.1.4-1
Ffmpeg1 product

4 vendors · 7 products

References

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