CVE-2016-10192

critical
Published 2017-02-09 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in ffserver.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to check chunk size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10192

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/a5d25faa3f4b18dac737fdb35d0dd68eb0dc2156

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://ffmpeg.org/security.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:3.2.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.2.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.2.2-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.2.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.2.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"2.8.9"}
ffmpegffmpeg3.0
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.3
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.4
ffmpegffmpeg3.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.3
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.4
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.5
ffmpegffmpeg3.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.