CVE-2016-6881 describes an infinite loop denial-of-service vulnerability in the zlib_refill function of FFmpeg versions prior to 3.1.3, specifically affecting the libavformat/swfdec.c component when processing crafted SWF files. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to trigger, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.