CVE-2016-6164

critical

Published 2017-01-23 · 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

Integer overflow in the mov_build_index function in libavformat/mov.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.8, 3.0.x before 3.0.3 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving sample 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-2016-6164

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7:3.1.1-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endIncluding":"2.8.7"}`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0.1`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.0.2`
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`3.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

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