Description
Buffer overflow in the Sierra VMD decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9 and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VMD file, related to corrupted streams.
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 | 4:0.5.6-3 | DSA-2378-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2378-1 ffmpeg - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog
- MDVSA-2012:076 vendor-advisory
- USN-1320-1 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2012:074 vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2012:075 vendor-advisory
- http://ffmpeg.org/
- http://libav.org/
- USN-1333-1 vendor-advisory
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86