NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.6.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.7% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-FFMPEG-11742007
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 May 2017

Introduced: 18 May 2017

CVE-2017-9051  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 ffmpeg to version 7:2.6.1-1 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.c.