This update for ffmpeg2 fixes security issues, bugs, and enables AC3 and MP3 decoding.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7863: heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1034179)

  - CVE-2017-7865: heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1034177)

  - CVE-2017-7866: stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1034176)

  - CVE-2016-10191: remote code execution (bsc#1022921)

  - CVE-2016-10190: remote code execution (bsc#1022920)

  - CVE-2016-10192: remote code execution (bsc#1022922)

  - CVE-2016-9561: Huge amount memory allocated, resulting     in DoS of ffmpeg (bsc#1015120)

The following functionality was added :

  - Enable AC3 and MP3 decoding

ffmpeg was updated to 2.8.11, containing a number of upstream improvements and fixes.

openSUSE Security Update : ffmpeg2 (openSUSE-2017-631)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100504

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