SB2019041901 - Buffer overflow in FFmpeg

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11339)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the studio profile decoder in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c when processing MPEG-4 video data. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted video file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1f686d023b95219db933394a7704ad9aa5f01cbb
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d227ed5d598340e719eff7156b1aa0a4469e9a6a