Race Condition Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,2.8.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369082
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Oct 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-6761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 2.8.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. The update_dimensions function in libavcodec/vp8.c in FFmpeg through 2.8.1, as used in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71 and other products, relies on a coefficient-partition count during multi-threaded operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WebM file.

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