Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,1.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.26% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369168
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Dec 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Dec 2013

CVE-2012-6617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 1.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The prepare_sdp_description function in ffserver.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the rtp format.

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