CVE-2016-2330

N/A
Published: February 12, 2016 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFFMPEG

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

libavcodec/gif.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not properly calculate a buffer size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .tga file, related to the gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84217
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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