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Debian: CVE-2018-12458: ffmpeg -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-12458: ffmpeg -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/15/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/19/2018
Modified
01/07/2021

Description

An improper integer type in the mpeg4_encode_gop_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videoenc.c in FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ffmpeg

References

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