Out-of-Bounds Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [,0.5.9)[0.6.0,0.6.6)[0.7.0,0.7.5)[0.7.0,0.7.12)[0.8.0,0.8.1)[0.8.0,0.8.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.09% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-2369212
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2012

CVE-2011-3945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 0.5.9, 0.6.6, 0.7.5, 0.7.12, 0.8.1, 0.8.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The decode_frame function in the KVG1 decoder (kgv1dec.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

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