Candidate: CVE-2016-7555
PublicDate: 2016-12-23 05:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7555
 https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/8834e080c20d3d23c3ffe779371359f9b9b835ec (n3.1.4)
Description:
 The avi_read_header function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4
 is vulnerable to memory leak when decoding an AVI file that has a crafted
 "strh" structure.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 ebarretto> It seems like xenial version doesn't need the fix because
 ebarretto> the structures that are being freed do not exist in that
 ebarretto> version
Bugs:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=840434
Priority: negligible
Discovered-by: Lian Yihan
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N [5.5 MEDIUM]

Patches_ffmpeg:
upstream_ffmpeg: needs-triage
precise_ffmpeg: DNE
precise/esm_ffmpeg: DNE
trusty_ffmpeg: DNE
trusty/esm_ffmpeg: DNE
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_ffmpeg: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_ffmpeg: DNE
xenial_ffmpeg: not-affected (code not present)
yakkety_ffmpeg: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_ffmpeg: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_ffmpeg: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_ffmpeg: not-affected (7:3.1.4-1)
devel_ffmpeg: not-affected (7:3.1.4-1)