CVE-2018-13303

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-13303
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-05 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-18 14:34:00 UTC
DescriptionIn FFmpeg 4.0.1, a missing check for failure of a call to init_get_bits8() in the avpriv_ac3_parse_header function in libavcodec/ac3_parser.c may trigger a NULL pointer dereference while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.0.1 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 4.0.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FFmpeg Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
avcodec/ac3_parser: Check init_get_bits8() for failure · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@00e8181 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500902 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 502272 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
  • 504745 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 504763 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
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