# CVE-2016-10190: Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 all

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/http.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via a negative chunk size in an HTTP response.

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## References

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00009.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/1
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2a05c8f813de6f2278827734bf8102291e7484aa
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/5992
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95986
- https://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- https://github.com/muzalam/FFMPEG-exploit

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