Gentoo: GLSA 200609-09 Normal: FFmpeg Buffer Overflow Risk
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September 13, 2006
FFmpeg is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that might be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-09
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: FFmpeg: Buffer overflows
Date: September 13, 2006
Bugs: #133520
ID: 200609-09
Synopsis
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FFmpeg is vulnerable to multiple buffer overflows that might be
exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Background
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FFmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/ffmpeg < 0.4.9_p20060530 >= 0.4.9_p20060530
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FFmpeg contains buffer overflows in the AVI processing code.
Impact
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An attacker could trigger the buffer overflows by enticing a user to
load a specially crafted AVI file in an application us...
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