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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-14395

libavformat/movenc.c in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash caused by a divide-by-zero error) with a user crafted audio file when converting to the MOV audio format.

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1 Nov 2026, 09:09 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-14395

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jul 2018, 05:29 UTC

libavformat/movenc.c in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash caused by a divide-by-zero error) with a user crafted audio file when converting to the MOV audio format.

osv:CVE-2018-14395
Complete source record
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