CVE-2016-2328 — libswscale/swscale_unscaled.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not validate certain height values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array read access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .cine file, related to the bayer_to_rgb24_wrapper and bayer_to_yv12_wrapper functions

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HIGH

libswscale/swscale_unscaled.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not validate certain height values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array read access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .cine file, related to the bayer_to_rgb24_wrapper and bayer_to_yv12_wrapper functions

Published Feb 12, 2016

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.55%

Description

libswscale/swscale_unscaled.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.6 does not validate certain height values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array read access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .cine file, related to the bayer_to_rgb24_wrapper and bayer_to_yv12_wrapper functions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.55% 0.02553

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02553

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.55% (0.02553)	84.49th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.57% (0.02567)	83.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.65% (0.00646)	68.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.54% (0.00536)	77.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 10, 2024	0.54% (0.00536)	76.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.54% (0.00536)	74.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.51% (0.00506)	72.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=757248ea3cd917a7755cb15f817a9b1f15578718
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3b6fa7d83db7de951ed891649af93a47e74be5
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=757248ea3cd917a7755cb15f817a9b1f15578718		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ad3b6fa7d83db7de951ed891649af93a47e74be5		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035010		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-09		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 12, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Feb 11, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2328

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2328

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-2328