Description
In libavcodec in FFmpeg 4.0.1, improper maintenance of the consistency between the context profile field and studio_profile in libavcodec may trigger an assertion failure while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service, related to error_resilience.c, h263dec.c, and mpeg4videodec.c.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/bd27a9364ca274ca97f1df6d984e88a0700fb235
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (1)
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
4.0.1
Published
Jul 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026