Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <6.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-FFMPEG-8483998
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed27 Oct 2023

Introduced: 27 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-46407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 ffmpeg to version 6.1-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:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg prior to commit bf814 was discovered to contain an out of bounds read via the dist->alphabet_size variable in the read_vlc_prefix() function.

CVSS Scores

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