DSA-4099-1 ffmpeg -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4099-1 ffmpeg -- security update

Date Reported:

27 Jan 2018

Affected Packages:

ffmpeg

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-17081.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the FFmpeg multimedia framework, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed files/streams are processed.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 7:3.2.10-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ffmpeg packages.

For the detailed security status of ffmpeg please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ffmpeg