Unchecked Return Value Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <4.2.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE312-FFMPEG-589562
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed5 Sept 2019

Introduced: 5 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-15942  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 ffmpeg to version 4.2.1-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.

FFmpeg through 4.2 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" issue in h2645_parse because alloc_rbsp_buffer in libavcodec/h2645_parse.c mishandles rbsp_buffer.

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