Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <6.1-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-FFMPEG-6056161
  • published12 Nov 2023
  • 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 Chainguard ffmpeg to version 6.1-r2 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 Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard 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 Base Scores

version 3.1