Unchecked Return Value Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:4.4.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FFMPEG-5679255
  • published12 Aug 2021
  • disclosed4 Aug 2021

Introduced: 4 Aug 2021

CVE-2021-38114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:4.4.1-1 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.

libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

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