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.)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpegalpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpeg4 | Aug 22, 2024 | Sep 9, 2017 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 9, 2017 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-ffmpeg | Dec 5, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 | |
| Ffmpeg | ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_13ffmpeg-upgrade-3_0_10ffmpeg-upgrade-3_1_11ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_8ffmpeg-upgrade-3_3_4 | Sep 29, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-ffmpegfreebsd-upgrade-package-mythtvfreebsd-upgrade-package-mythtv-frontend | Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-ffmpegsuse-upgrade-libavcodec-develsuse-upgrade-libavcodec57suse-upgrade-libavdevice57suse-upgrade-libavfilter6suse-upgrade-libavformat-develsuse-upgrade-libavformat57suse-upgrade-libavresample-develsuse-upgrade-libavresample3suse-upgrade-libavutil-develsuse-upgrade-libavutil55suse-upgrade-libpostproc-develsuse-upgrade-libpostproc54suse-upgrade-libswresample-develsuse-upgrade-libswresample2suse-upgrade-libswscale-develsuse-upgrade-libswscale4 | Sep 16, 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-ffmpeg | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 9, 2017 |
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