FFmpeg 4.0.1 AVI to MPEG4 Conversion Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2018-13301 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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