NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libavutil-devel package, versions <3.4.2-4.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBAVUTILDEVEL-2723050
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Dec 2019

Introduced: 5 Dec 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libavutil-devel to version 3.4.2-4.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libavutil-devel package and not the libavutil-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.