NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libavresample3 package, versions <3.4.2-150000.4.53.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBAVRESAMPLE3-5498425
  • published6 May 2023
  • disclosed5 May 2023

Introduced: 5 May 2023

CVE-2022-3341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libavresample3 to version 3.4.2-150000.4.53.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libavresample3 package and not the libavresample3 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1