Subject: [ASA-201702-10] ffmpeg: arbitrary code execution Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201702-10 ========================================== Severity: Critical Date : 2017-02-12 CVE-ID : CVE-2017-5024 CVE-2017-5025 Package : ffmpeg Type : arbitrary code execution Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-172 Summary ======= The package ffmpeg before version 1:3.2.4-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 1:3.2.4-1. # pacman -Syu "ffmpeg>=1:3.2.4-1" The problems have been fixed upstream in version 3.2.4. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== - CVE-2017-5024 (arbitrary code execution) A heap overflow flaw was found in FFmpeg < 3.2.4. - CVE-2017-5025 (arbitrary code execution) A heap overflow flaw was found in FFmpeg < 3.2.4. Impact ====== An attacker can execute arbitrary code on the affected host via crafted multimedia content. References ========== https://ffmpeg.org/security.html https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416675 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=643951 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=643950 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416676 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5024 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5025