Information Exposure Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:3.1.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FFMPEG-416212
  • published23 Dec 2016
  • disclosed23 Dec 2016

Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7555  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable ffmpeg to version 7:3.1.4-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

The avi_read_header function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to memory leak when decoding an AVI file that has a crafted "strh" structure.