chromium-browser: heap corruption in ffmpeg
Published Jan 19, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.38%
Description
An off by one error resulting in an allocation of zero size in FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 54.0.2840.98 for Mac, and 54.0.2840.99 for Windows, and 54.0.2840.100 for Linux, and 55.0.2883.84 for Android allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.100-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2718
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:54.0.2840.100-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2718 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01384) | 71.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.38% (0.01379) | 68.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.72% (0.00724) | 70.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.25% (0.02249) | 74.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.72% (0.00724) | 70.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.26% (0.01258) | 86.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 1.16% (0.01159) | 84.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01159) | 82.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5199 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393731 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/643948 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5199
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5199
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5199 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393731 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/643948 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5199 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5199 |
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