Improper Input Validation Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,1.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369060
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-0873  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 1.1.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The read_header function in libavcodec/shorten.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid channel count, related to "freeing invalid addresses."

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