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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-9841: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 7, 2018
Added
May 18, 2018
Modified
Apr 17, 2026

Description

The export function in libavfilter/vf_signature.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long filename.

Solution

ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_3
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