Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:3.2.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-FFMPEG-416771
  • published14 Apr 2017
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7863  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 ffmpeg to version 7:3.2.4-1 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.

FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.