CVE-2016-5199

high
Published 2017-01-19 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
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-2016-5199

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:3.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.2-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"54.0.2840.87"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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