Double Free Affecting libav package, versions <6:11.12-1~deb8u5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.51% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBAV-404840
  • published6 Jun 2017
  • disclosed6 Jun 2017

Introduced: 6 Jun 2017

CVE-2015-1207  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libav to version 6:11.12-1~deb8u5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav package and not the libav package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Double-free vulnerability in libavformat/mov.c in FFMPEG in Google Chrome 41.0.2251.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted .m4a file.