CVE-2013-7008 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted H.264 data due to a logic error in FFmpeg's H.264 decoder.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-7008?
CVE-2013-7008 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 9 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The decode_slice_header function in libavcodec/h264.c in FFmpeg before 2.1 incorrectly relies on a certain droppable field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted H.264 data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7008?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7008?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-7008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-7008 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67p6-88m2-4frh.