Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libav package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBAV-2367823
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Aug 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Aug 2021

CVE-2020-18778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libav.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. In Libav 12.3, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in vc1_decode_p_mb_intfi in vc1_block.c that allows an attacker to cause denial-of-service via a crafted file.

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