The vulnerability of the FFmpeg multimedia library, which allows a intruder to trigger a service failure or cause other effects

The vulnerability of the libavcodec/gif.c function in the FFmpeg multimedia library arises from buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures or potentially have other effects by using a specially created .tga file related to the functions...

FFmpeg Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-01132)

FFmpeg is a complete solution for recording, converting and streaming audio and video from the FFmpeg team. A security vulnerability exists in the libavcodec/gif.c file in FFmpeg versions prior to 2.8.6, which is caused by the program's failure to correctly calculate the buffer size. This...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2330

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 gifimagewriteimage, gifencodeinit, and...