Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FFmpeg, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
FFmpeg Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46111
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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FFmpeg, which can be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an
application using the library.
1) An integer underflow error within the "asfrtp_parse_packet()"
function (libavformat/rtpdec_asf.c) can be exploited to cause a
memory corruption by sending specially crafted ASF packets over RTP.
2) A signedness error within the "decode_mb_i()" function
(libavcodec/cavsdec.c) can be exploited by tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted Chinese AVS (CAVS) files.
This is related to vulnerability #1 in:
SA45532
3) A memory allocation error within the "av_probe_input_buffer()"
function (libavformat/utils.c) can be exploited to cause a memory
corruption.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 0.7.4 and
0.8.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.7.4 or 0.8.3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Jeong Wook Oh, Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR).
2) Reported by the vendor.
3) The vendor credits Tanami Ohad.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FFmpeg:
http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.7.4.changelog
http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.8.3.changelog
Microsoft Vulnerability Research:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-012
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