Bug 1034565 (CVE-2013-0873)

Summary:	CVE-2013-0873 qffmpeg: Invalid free in libavcodec/shorten.c due to invalid channel count
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Ratul Gupta <ratulg>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jkurik, kem
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Description Ratul Gupta 2013-11-26 06:27:37 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2013-0873 to the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2013-0873
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0873
Assigned: 20130107
Reference: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f1279154ee9baf2078241bf5619774970d18b25
Reference: http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

The read_header function in libavcodec/shorten.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid channel count, related to "freeing invalid addresses."

Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2014-06-10 09:08:04 UTC

Statement:

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.