Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,3.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369052
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Apr 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 3.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The decode_init function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out of array read) via an AVI file.

References

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