Resource Management Errors Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,3.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369116
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 3.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The che_configure function in libavcodec/aacdec_template.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (allocation of huge memory, and being killed by the OS) via a crafted MOV file.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1