CVE-2018-13300: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.1. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.0.1, an improper argument (AVCodecParameters) passed to the avpriv_request_sample function in the handle_eac3 function in libavformat/movenc.c may trigger an out-of-array read while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service and possibly an information disclosure.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
  • Ffmpeg Ffmpeg: version 4.0.1 only

Published 2018-07-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.