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vulnerability

FFmpeg: CVE-2021-30123: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 7, 2021
Added
Apr 15, 2021
Modified
Apr 17, 2026

Description

FFmpeg <=4.3 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in libavcodec through a crafted file that may lead to remote code execution.

Solution

ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4
Title
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