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CVE-2018-13301

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

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 products

• FFmpeg: 4.0.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104675
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2aa9047486dbff12d9e040f917e5f799ed2fd78b
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104675
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2aa9047486dbff12d9e040f917e5f799ed2fd78b

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