CVE-2016-2213

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Published 2016-02-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The jpeg2000_decode_tile function in libavcodec/jpeg2000dec.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array read access) via crafted JPEG 2000 data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

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-2016-2213

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7:2.8.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`7:2.8.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`7:2.8.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7:2.8.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7:2.8.6-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.8.5"}`

References

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0aada30510d809bccfd539a90ea37b61188f2cb4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034923
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2213

CWEs

CWE-119

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