Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that Libav incorrectly handled certain malformed media files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted media file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
Affected
libav on Ubuntu 13.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-3984 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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