Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libav-extra  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-LIBAVEXTRA-639196
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Dec 2013

Introduced: 7 Dec 2013

CVE-2013-0856  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libav-extra package and not the libav-extra package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The lpc_prediction function in libavcodec/alac.c in FFmpeg before 1.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) data, related to a large nb_samples value.