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FFmpeg: CVE-2021-38171: Unchecked Return Value

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FFmpeg: CVE-2021-38171: Unchecked Return Value

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/21/2021
Created
09/03/2021
Added
09/02/2021
Modified
04/29/2022

Description

adts_decode_extradata in libavformat/adtsenc.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the init_get_bits return value, which is a necessary step because the second argument to init_get_bits can be crafted.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_18
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_16
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_9
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_1_7
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_2_5
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_3_3
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4_1
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-5_0

References

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