FFmpeg: CVE-2022-3341: NULL Pointer Dereference

FFmpeg: CVE-2022-3341: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity

5

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

01/12/2023

Created

01/24/2023

Added

01/23/2023

Modified

01/30/2025

Description

A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in 'FFmpeg' in decode_main_header() function of libavformat/nutdec.c file. The flaw occurs because the function lacks check of the return value of avformat_new_stream() and triggers the null pointer dereference error, causing an application to crash.

Solution(s)

• ffmpeg-upgrade-4_3_7
• ffmpeg-upgrade-4_4_4
• ffmpeg-upgrade-5_0_3
• ffmpeg-upgrade-5_1

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2022-3341
• CVE - 2022-3341