NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-FFMPEG-3188902
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed12 Jan 2023

Introduced: 5 Jan 2023

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

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:20.04 ffmpeg.

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:20.04 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