Out-of-Bounds Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.4.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.09% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FFMPEG-5678960
  • published20 Aug 2012
  • disclosed20 Aug 2012

Introduced: 20 Aug 2012

CVE-2011-3951  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:2.4.1-1 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:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The dpcm_decode_frame function in dpcm.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.10 and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted stereo stream in a media file.

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