NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.6.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-FFMPEG-416595
  • published18 May 2017
  • disclosed18 May 2017

Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ffmpeg to version 7:2.6.1-1 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.

libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.c.