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A division by zero bug has been discovered in FFmpeg that can cause applications to crash when processing malicious .vpk files. The issue arises from a lack of validation for the number of audio channels, which can be set to zero in malformed headers. Recommendations have been made to implement a guard to prevent this vulnerability.
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A division by zero bug has been discovered in FFmpeg that can cause applications to crash when processing malicious .vpk files. The issue arises from a lack of validation for the number of audio channels, which can be set to zero in malformed headers. Recommendations have been made to implement a guard to prevent this vulnerability.
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We found a division by zero bug in FFmpeg with a vibecoded fuzzer
Division by Zero Bug Discovered in FFmpeg with Fuzzer Tool