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CVE-2013-7008

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2013-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The decode_slice_header function in libavcodec/h264.c in FFmpeg before 2.1 incorrectly relies on a certain droppable field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: through 2.0.1; 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0 (+57)

References

• http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/08/3
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/29ffeef5e73b8f41ff3a3f2242d356759c66f91f
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2927
• http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/7
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/08/3
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/29ffeef5e73b8f41ff3a3f2242d356759c66f91f
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-06
• https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/2927

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