SB2019101417 - Remote code execution in FFmpeg

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SB2019101417 - Remote code execution in FFmpeg

Published: October 14, 2019 Updated: July 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019101417
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17539)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c in in FFmpeg. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted media content to the affected application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack or execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allows an attacker to compromise the affected system.


2) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17542)

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the vqa_decode_chunk because of an out-of-array access in vqa_decode_init in libavcodec/vqavideo.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger heap-based buffer overflow 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