Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in GStreamer FFmpeg Plug-in, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
GStreamer FFmpeg Plug-in Multiple Buffer Overflows
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22202
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22202/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
GStreamer FFmpeg Plug-in
http://secunia.com/product/7630/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in GStreamer FFmpeg Plug-in,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the use of a vulnerable version
of FFmpeg.
For more information:
SA22180
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted media files.
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22180:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22180/
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