# CVE-2018-20001: In Libav 12.3, there is a floating point exception in the range\_decode\_culshift function (called from range\_decode\_bits) in libavcodec/apede

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-10 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Libav 12.3, there is a floating point exception in the range_decode_culshift function (called from range_decode_bits) in libavcodec/apedec.c that will lead to remote denial of service via crafted input.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141

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