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CVE-2016-6881

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The zlib_refill function in libavformat/swfdec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause an infinite loop denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: through 3.1.2

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93163
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93163

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