Opened 6 months ago
Closed 6 months ago
#11680 closed defect (invalid)
Double-free memory corruption in DSS (Digital Speech Standard) format demuxer during cleanup phase, leading to program abort.
| Reported by: | xdc | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | normal | Component: | tools |
| Version: | unspecified | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | Blocked By: | ||
| Blocking: | Reproduced by developer: | no | |
| Analyzed by developer: | no |
Description
## How to reproduce:
`
% avconv -ss 0.1 -i /workspace/POC/POC_libav_avconv_abort_dss_doublefree -f null -
avconv version 13_dev0, Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the Libav developers
built on Jul 19 2025 14:57:50 with Ubuntu clang version 16.0.6 (++20231112100510+7cbf1a259152-1~exp1~20231112100554.106)
configuration: --cc=/Fuzzer/OPA++/afl-clang-lto --extra-cflags= --prefix=/workspace/benchmark/program/libav-c464278-Apr16-2019/install --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-x86asm --disable-inline-asm
libavutil 56. 8. 0 / 56. 8. 0
libavcodec 58. 12. 1 / 58. 12. 1
libavformat 58. 2. 0 / 58. 2. 0
libavdevice 57. 0. 2 / 57. 0. 2
libavfilter 7. 1. 0 / 7. 1. 0
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 0. 1 / 5. 0. 1
[dss @ 0x555557165800] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
/workspace/POC/POC_libav_avconv_abort_dss_doublefree: could not seek to position 0.100
Input #0, dss, from '/workspace/POC/POC_libav_avconv_abort_dss_doublefree':
Metadata:
author : �0
date : 2000-32-00T32768:-341855643:-352951808
comment :
Duration: N/A, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Audio: dss_sp
11025 Hz, mono, s16
Stream mapping:
Press ctrl-c to stop encoding
Nothing was written into output file 0 (pipe:), because at least one of its streams received no packets.
size= 0kB time=10000000000.00 bitrate= 0.0kbits/s
video:0kB audio:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown
free(): invalid pointer
Aborted (core dumped)
`
## GDB Analysis:
`
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
pthread_kill_implementation (no_tid=0, signo=6, threadid=140737349322624) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44
#0 pthread_kill_implementation (no_tid=0, signo=6, threadid=140737349322624) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44
#1 pthread_kill_internal (signo=6, threadid=140737349322624) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:78
#2 GI_pthread_kill (threadid=140737349322624, signo=signo@entry=6) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:89
#3 0x00007ffff7baf476 in GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26
#4 0x00007ffff7b957f3 in GI_abort () at ./stdlib/abort.c:79
#5 0x00007ffff7bf6677 in libc_message (action=action@entry=do_abort, fmt=fmt@entry=0x7ffff7d48b77 "%s\n") at ../sysdeps/posix/libc_fatal.c:156
#6 0x00007ffff7c0dcfc in malloc_printerr (str=str@entry=0x7ffff7d46744 "free(): invalid pointer") at ./malloc/malloc.c:5664
#7 0x00007ffff7c0fa44 in _int_free (av=<optimized out>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0) at ./malloc/malloc.c:4439
#8 0x00007ffff7c12453 in GI_libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at ./malloc/malloc.c:3391
#9 0x000055555596822b in av_free (ptr=0x3dc3de) at libavutil/mem.c:189
#10 dss_read_close (s=<optimized out>) at libavformat/dss.c:328
#11 0x000055555589cb30 in avformat_close_input (ps=<optimized out>) at libavformat/utils.c:2751
#12 avconv_cleanup (ret=<optimized out>) at avtools/avconv.c:217
#13 0x0000555555887543 in exit_program (ret=0) at avtools/cmdutils.c:98
#14 0x0000555555896962 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at avtools/avconv.c:2983
`
## Root Cause:
The crash occurs in the DSS demuxer's cleanup function dss_read_close() at line 328 in libavformat/dss.c. The function attempts to free a pointer (0x3dc3de) that has either:
- Already been freed (double-free)
- Was never properly allocated
- Has been corrupted
The malformed DSS file triggers incorrect memory management in the DSS format handler, leading to heap corruption.
## POC File:
The malformed DSS file is available at: /workspace/POC/POC_libav_avconv_abort_dss_doublefreehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4VVXGys156UdeSTgya_GGxLZxwuxUPw/view?usp=sharing
Attachments (1)
Change History (2)
by , 6 months ago
| Attachment: | POC_libav_avconv_abort_dss_doublefree added |
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comment:1 by , 6 months ago
| Keywords: | libav removed |
|---|---|
| Resolution: | → invalid |
| Status: | new → closed |



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