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.c may…

PriorityP425medium6.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.41%

69.9th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ffmpeg	< ffmpeg 7:4.0.2-1 (bookworm)	ffmpeg 7:4.0.2-1 (bookworm)
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	—	—
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:4.0.2-1	7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:4.0.2-1	7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:4.0.2-1	7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:4.0.2-1	7:4.0.2-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5LOW

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