dav1d: Denial of Service — GLSA 202310-05

A vulnerability has been found in dav1d which could result in denial of service.

Affected packages

media-libs/dav1d on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.2.0
Unaffected versions >= 1.2.0

Background

dav1d is an AV1 decoder.

Description

In some circumstances, dav1d might treat an invalid frame as valid, resulting in a crash.

Impact

Malformed frame data can result in a denial of service.

Workaround

Users should avoid parsing untrusted video with dav1d.

Resolution

All dav1d users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/dav1d-1.2.0"
 

References

Release date
October 08, 2023

Latest revision
October 08, 2023: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
remote

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