Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libav package, versions <6:11.12-1~deb8u8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBAV-455609
  • published28 Jul 2019
  • disclosed28 Jul 2019

Introduced: 28 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-14371  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 libav to version 6:11.12-1~deb8u8 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.

An issue was discovered in Libav 12.3. There is an infinite loop in the function mov_probe in the file libavformat/mov.c, related to offset and tag.