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CVE-2008-3230

Publication date 18 July 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

The ffmpeg lavf demuxer allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted GIF file, possibly related to gstreamer, as demonstrated by lol-giftopnm.gif.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
ffmpeg-debian 8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

Reproducer is here: http://libcaca.zoy.org/attachment/wiki/zzuf/bugs/lol-giftopnm.gif?format=raw This is just a dos, and upstream fixed this by removing the gif demuxer which would cause a regression for a stable release, so I opt to not fix this...

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ffmpeg-debian