Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting ffmpeg package, versions [4.3,4.3.8)[4.4,4.4.5)[5.0,5.1.6)[6.0,6.1.2)[7.0,7.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FFMPEG-7640979
  • published6 Aug 2024
  • disclosed6 Aug 2024
  • creditCookedMelon

Introduced: 6 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-7055  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ffmpeg to version 4.3.8, 4.4.5, 5.1.6, 6.1.2, 7.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the pnm_decode_frame function. An attacker can corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted PNM file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1