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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-12458: Improper Input Validation

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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-12458: Improper Input Validation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/15/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/18/2018
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)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_15
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_0_12
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_11
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_3_8
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_3
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_0_1
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_1

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