Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <4.0.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE312-FFMPEG-589491
  • published12 Feb 2018
  • disclosed12 Feb 2018

Introduced: 12 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6912  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 ffmpeg to version 4.0.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The decode_plane function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out of array read) via a crafted AVI file.