Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Jul 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-13303
CVE-2018-13303
Description
In 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.
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2Patches
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References
2- github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/00e8181bd97c834fe60751b0c511d4bb97875f78nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104675nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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