CVE-2016-5199 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html https://crbug.com/643948 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8