Out-of-Bounds Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,0.5.6)[0.5.0,0.5.7)[0.6.0,0.6.4)[0.6.0,0.6.4)[0.7.0,0.7.3)[0.7.0,0.7.9)[0.8.0,0.8.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2368896
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2012

CVE-2011-4579  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.6.4, 0.6.4, 0.7.3, 0.7.9, 0.8.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The svq1_decode_frame function in the SVQ1 decoder (svq1dec.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9, and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted SVQ1 stream, related to "dimensions changed."

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