Out-of-Bounds Affecting libav package, versions <6:0.8.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.63% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBAV-405139
  • published20 Mar 2017
  • disclosed20 Mar 2017

Introduced: 20 Mar 2017

CVE-2012-5361  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libav to version 6:0.8.5-1 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.

Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMV file.