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CVE-2016-7555

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% 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-200

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.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: through 3.1.3

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94838
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-71
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94838
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-71

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