UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2330

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2330

    Published: 12 Feb 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2330
    Aliases:
    USN-2944-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2330, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2944-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2330

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ffmpeg

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    7:2.7.2-1build1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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