Out-of-Bounds Affecting libav package, versions [,12.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBAV-2367726
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Jan 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5766  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libav to version 12.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. In Libav through 12.2, there is an invalid memcpy in the av_packet_ref function of libavcodec/avpacket.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted avi file.

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