Improper Input Validation Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,2.8.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369107
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Nov 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-8218  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (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 Improper Input Validation. The decode_uncompressed function in libavcodec/faxcompr.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.2 does not validate uncompressed runs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted CCITT FAX data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1