Bug 1034565 – CVE-2013-0873 qffmpeg: Invalid free in libavcodec/shorten.c due to invalid channel count

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Bug 1034565 - (CVE-2013-0873) CVE-2013-0873 qffmpeg: Invalid free in libavcodec/shorten.c due to invalid channel count

Summary:	CVE-2013-0873 qffmpeg: Invalid free in libavcodec/shorten.c due to invalid ch...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2013-0873

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Blocks:	1034570
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Reported:	2013-11-26 01:27 EST by Ratul Gupta
Modified:	2014-06-10 05:08 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Ratul Gupta 2013-11-26 01:27:37 EST

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 05:08:04 EDT

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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/.

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