CVE-2022-3965

Publication date 13 November 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ffmpeg. This vulnerability affects the function smc_encode_stream of the file libavcodec/smcenc.c of the component QuickTime Graphics Video Encoder. The manipulation of the argument y_size leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 13c13109759090b7f7182480d075e13b36ed8edd. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213544.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ffmpeg	24.10 oracular	Vulnerable
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needed
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needed
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 7:5.1.1-1ubuntu2.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

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the Apple Graphics (SMC) Encoder functions are not available in ffmpeg before version 5.0, meaning, versions before 5.0 are not vulnerable to this issue.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
ffmpeg	Upstream: 13c1310

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H