Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-FFMPEG-473196
  • published15 Oct 2019
  • disclosed14 Oct 2019

Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ffmpeg to version 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg before 4.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk because of an out-of-array access in vqa_decode_init in libavcodec/vqavideo.c.

CVSS Scores

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