High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-5199

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.

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Affected products

Google/Chrome2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=54.0.2840.87
- (no CPE)range: <54.0.2840.98 (Mac), <54.0.2840.99 (Windows), <54.0.2840.100 (Linux), <55.0.2883.84 (Android)
FFmpeg/Ffmpegllm-fuzzy
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 55.0.2883.75-3.1

Patches

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References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2718.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94196nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037273nvd
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.htmlnvd
crbug.com/643948nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-16nvd

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