Out-of-Bounds Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:3.1.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.68% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-FFMPEG-416666
  • published23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-6920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ffmpeg to version 7:3.1.3-1 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.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_block function in libavcodec/exr.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving tile positions.