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Vigil@nce - FFmpeg: NULL pointer dereference via ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-watch-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: SLES.
– Severity: 1/4.
– Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
– Provenance: document.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 05/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a NULL pointer to be dereferenced via
ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header() of FFmpeg, in order to trigger a
denial of service.
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