Unchecked Return Value Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <3.4.2-11.8.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-FFMPEG-2667834
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Sept 2021

Introduced: 2 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-38114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-252  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 ffmpeg to version 3.4.2-11.8.2 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar issue to CVE-2013-0868.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1