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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12459: ffmpeg Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-12459: ffmpeg Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/15/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/30/2018
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

An inconsistent bits-per-sample value in the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpeg

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