Resource Management Errors Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,3.1.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369117
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Dec 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-7122  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 3.1.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The avi_read_nikon function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 3.1.4 is vulnerable to infinite loop when it decodes an AVI file that has a crafted 'nctg' structure.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1