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 gif_image_write_image, gif_encode_init, and gif_encode_close functions.

• CWE-119

• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03d83ba34b2070878909eae18dfac0f519503777
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84217Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=03d83ba34b2070878909eae18dfac0f519503777
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84217Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2944-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 12, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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