All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2016-10191

Heap-based buffer overflow in libavformat/rtmppkt.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.10, 3.0.x before 3.0.5, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging failure to check for RTMP packet size mismatches.

Severity
Critical 9.8
Published
9 Feb 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
7.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 94% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
Memory buffer errors (CWE-119)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
FFmpegServers and applications · cpe:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg
  • Version 3.2.1
  • Version 3.2
  • Version 3.1.5
  • Version 3.1.4
All 14 release lines
  • Every version up to 2.8.9
  • Version 3.0
  • Version 3.0.1
  • Version 3.0.2
  • Version 3.0.3
  • Version 3.0.4
  • Version 3.1
  • Version 3.1.1
  • Version 3.1.2
  • Version 3.1.3
  • Version 3.1.4
  • Version 3.1.5
  • Version 3.2
  • Version 3.2.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10191
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10191