Denial of Service Vulnerability in FFmpeg's decode_slice_header Function

CVE-2013-7008 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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