Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,1.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369201
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Jun 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jun 2013

CVE-2013-3671  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 1.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The format_line function in log.c in libavutil in FFmpeg before 1.2.1 uses inapplicable offset data during a certain category calculation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted data that triggers a log message.

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