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FFmpeg: CVE-2022-3341: NULL Pointer Dereference

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FFmpeg: CVE-2022-3341: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/12/2023
Created
01/24/2023
Added
01/23/2023
Modified
04/13/2023

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4_4
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-5_0_3
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-5_1

References

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