Description
Double free vulnerability in the Theora decoder in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.120 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted stream.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | ffmpeg | 7:2.4.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | ffmpeg | 7:2.4.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | ffmpeg | 7:2.4.1-1 | — |
| Debian 6.0 | ffmpeg | 4:0.5.8-1 | DSA-2471-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2471-1 ffmpeg - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- MDVSA-2012:076 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2012:075 vendor-advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
- 49089 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2471 vendor-advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=100465
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14484 vdb-entry signature
- 46933 third-party-advisory