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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13301

In FFmpeg 4.0.1, due to a missing check of a profile value before setting it, the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec....

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In FFmpeg 4.0.1, due to a missing check of a profile value before setting it, the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c may trigger a NULL pointer dereference while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7:4.0.2-1"}]}]

Debian:13 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7:4.0.2-1"}]}]

Debian:14 ffmpeg

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7:4.0.2-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org