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TITLE:
FFmpeg libavformat gifdec.c GIF Processing Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31899

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CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
FFmpeg 0.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/6372/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in FFmpeg, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within
libavformat/gifdec.c when processing malformed GIF images. This can
be exploited to e.g. crash an application using the library via a
specially crafted GIF file.

SOLUTION:
The vendor removed the vulnerable file in the GIT repository. Do not
process untrusted GIF images.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Sam Hocevar

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://roundup.mplayerhq.hu/roundup/ffmpeg/issue530

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