Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-0849
Published: December 7, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42284
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0849
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The roq_decode_init function in libavcodec/roqvideodec.c in FFmpeg before 1.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) width or (2) height dimension that is not a multiple of sixteen in id RoQ video data.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0849
Install update from vendor's website.