Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,2.5.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369131
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Jan 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-7933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 2.5.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). Use-after-free vulnerability in the matroska_read_seek function in libavformat/matroskadec.c in FFmpeg before 2.5.1, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Matroska file that triggers improper maintenance of tracks data.

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