| Name | CVE-2018-13301 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | buster | 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7:4.1.10-0+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7:4.3.5-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 7:5.1.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:4.0.2-1 | low | ||
| libav | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
[stretch] - ffmpeg <not-affected> (3.2.x not affected)
[jessie] - libav <not-affected> (Vulnerable code path not present)
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2aa9047486dbff12d9e040f917e5f799ed2fd78b
It looks like Jessie is not affected but we need the reproducer to confirm this assumption.