The av_color_primaries_name function in libavutil/pixdesc.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 may return a NULL pointer depending on a value contained in a file, but callers do not anticipate this, as demonstrated by the avcodec_string function in libavcodec/utils.c, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (It is also conceivable that there is security relevance for a NULL pointer dereference in av_color_primaries_name calls within the ffprobe command-line program.)
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ffmpegUpgrade ffmpeg4 | Aug 22, 2024 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ffmpeg | Dec 5, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Ffmpeg | — | Upgrade to FFmpeg version 3.0.10Upgrade to FFmpeg version 2.8.13Upgrade to FFmpeg version 3.3.4Upgrade to FFmpeg version 3.2.8Upgrade to FFmpeg version 3.1.11 | Sep 29, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade mythtvUpgrade mythtv-frontendUpgrade ffmpeg | Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libavutil-develUpgrade ffmpegUpgrade libavformat-develUpgrade libavutil55Upgrade libavcodec-develUpgrade libswscale-develUpgrade libswresample2Upgrade libswscale4Upgrade libavresample-develUpgrade libswresample-develUpgrade libpostproc54Upgrade libavformat57Upgrade libavcodec57Upgrade libavdevice57Upgrade libpostproc-develUpgrade libavresample3Upgrade libavfilter6 | Sep 16, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ffmpeg | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 9, 2017 |
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