An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in FFmpeg's libavcodec library, specifically in the MagicYUV decoder, allows denial-of-service and, in some cases, can be exploited for remote code execution.
This vulnerability is associated with the file libavcodec/magicyuv.C.
This issue affects FFmpeg before version 8.1.2.
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