In FFmpeg 4.0.1, a missing check for failure of a call to init_get_bits8() in the avpriv_ac3_parse_header function in libavcodec/ac3_parser.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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-07-05T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:00:34.688Z

Reserved: 2018-07-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-13303

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-07-05T17:29:00.500

Modified: 2018-07-18T14:34:01.223

Link: CVE-2018-13303

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