NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ffmpeg  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-FFMPEG-10075777
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed5 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. 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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