Vigil@nce - FFmpeg: memory corruption via aa_read_header
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Debian.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 19/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a memory corruption via aa_read_header()
of FFmpeg, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly
to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FFmpeg-memory-corruption-via-aa-read-header-30062