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FKIE_CVE-2018-12458

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-15 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:37
Summary
An improper integer type in the mpeg4_encode_gop_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videoenc.c in FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ffmpeg ffmpeg 2.8
ffmpeg ffmpeg 4.0
debian debian_linux 9.0

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