Out-of-Bounds Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,0.9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.15% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369088
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2012

CVE-2012-0851  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 0.9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The ff_h264_decode_seq_parameter_set function in h264_ps.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 file, related to the chroma_format_idc value.

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