NULL pointer dereference in FFmpeg - CVE-2013-4265
Published: November 23, 2013 / Updated: October 12, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42338
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4265
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in libavutil/mem.c in FFmpeg before 2.0.1 has an unspecified impact and remote vectors related to a "wrong return code" and a resultant NULL pointer dereference. http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-video/ffmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-video/ffmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4265
Install update from vendor's website.
media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.6.3