Use After Free Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-FFMPEG-1579475
  • published1 Sept 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2021

Introduced: 10 Aug 2021

CVE-2020-21697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ffmpeg to version 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file.

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