NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:5.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-FFMPEG-5679331
  • published2 Jan 2023
  • disclosed12 Jan 2023

Introduced: 2 Jan 2023

CVE-2022-3341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:5.1-1 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.

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

CVSS Scores

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