CVE-2016-5199

Publication date 11 November 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
17.10 artful
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.10.1328
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
ffmpeg 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 7:3.2-1
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 7:3.0.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
libav 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
oxide-qt 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Fixed 1.19.6-0ubuntu2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.19.6-0ubuntu2
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.18.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

ebarretto

Could not find the same affected code on xenial version. The fix came on version 3.2 and xenial is on 2.8.14 where that function does not exist and there was no similar code.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H