[FFmpeg-devel] CVE #s security fixes and backports

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 12:41:23PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> On 2/23/2025 6:12 AM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 09:56:35AM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > > 
> > > Today ffmpeg-security was asked why 5 security fixes are missing in 6.1
> > > and from our security page.
> > > 
> > > These issues where posted publically on trac, and fixed by FFmpeg developers.
> > > Then someone seems to have registered CVE #s but not mailed ffmpeg-security
> > > 
> > > I suggest
> > > 1. if you fix a security issue or apply a security fix, make sure it is
> > > backported to all supported releases
> > > 2. if you see a CVE # thats not on the security page, mail ffmpeg-security
> > > 3. If you see issues on trac that seem important, please make sure they
> > > are fixed and backported, having someone like carl who knew and maintained
> > > all issues would be quite usefull
> > 
> > 4. Someone should cross check
> > https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=ffmpeg and our security page
> > and backported fixes and backport missing fixes and fix unfixed issues.
> 
> Why are there memory leaks with a CVE?

a memory leak can be a denial of service


> 
> Also, CVE-2025-1373 is wrong, it doesn't apply to any release, only git
> master.

please add a entry to our security page stating that

thx

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