Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libmediainfo package, versions <20.09+dfsg-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.87% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBMEDIAINFO-1087795
  • published20 Mar 2021
  • disclosed18 Mar 2021

Introduced: 18 Mar 2021

CVE-2020-26797  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libmediainfo to version 20.09+dfsg-2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Mediainfo before version 20.08 has a heap buffer overflow vulnerability via MediaInfoLib::File_Gxf::ChooseParser_ChannelGrouping.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1