Vulnerability CVE-2022-48434


Published: 2023-03-29

Description:
libavcodec/pthread_frame.c in FFmpeg before 5.1.2, as used in VLC and other products, leaves stale hwaccel state in worker threads, which allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free and execute arbitrary code in some circumstances (e.g., hardware re-initialization upon a mid-video SPS change when Direct3D11 is used).

 References:
https://wrv.github.io/h26forge.pdf
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35356201
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/cc867f2c09d2b69cee8a0eccd62aff002cbbfe11

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