Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-13303 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Ffmpeg 4.0.1

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
ffmpeg
CWE-476

Summary

In FFmpeg 4.0.1, a missing check for failure of a call to init_get_bits8() in the avpriv_ac3_parse_header function in libavcodec/ac3_parser.c may trigger a NULL pointer dereference while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ffmpeg
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)