static int mov_open_dref(MOVContext *c, AVIOContext **pb, const char *src, MOVDref *ref)
{
    /* try relative path, we do not try the absolute because it can leak information about our
       system to an attacker */
    if (ref->nlvl_to > 0 && ref->nlvl_from > 0) {
        char filename[1025];
        const char *src_path;
        int i, l;

        /* find a source dir */
        src_path = strrchr(src, '/');
        if (src_path)
            src_path++;
        else
            src_path = src;

        /* find a next level down to target */
        for (i = 0, l = strlen(ref->path) - 1; l >= 0; l--)
            if (ref->path[l] == '/') {
                if (i == ref->nlvl_to - 1)
                    break;
                else
                    i++;
            }

        /* compose filename if next level down to target was found */
        if (i == ref->nlvl_to - 1 && src_path - src  < sizeof(filename)) {
            memcpy(filename, src, src_path - src);
            filename[src_path - src] = 0;

            for (i = 1; i < ref->nlvl_from; i++)
                av_strlcat(filename, "../", sizeof(filename));

            av_strlcat(filename, ref->path + l + 1, sizeof(filename));
            if (!c->use_absolute_path) {
                int same_origin = test_same_origin(src, filename);

                if (!same_origin) {
                    av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR,
                        "Reference with mismatching origin, %s not tried for security reasons, "
                        "set demuxer option use_absolute_path to allow it anyway\n",
                        ref->path);
                    return AVERROR(ENOENT);
                }

                if(strstr(ref->path + l + 1, "..") ||
                   strstr(ref->path + l + 1, ":") ||
                   (ref->nlvl_from > 1 && same_origin < 0) ||
                   (filename[0] == '/' && src_path == src))
                    return AVERROR(ENOENT);
            }

            if (strlen(filename) + 1 == sizeof(filename))
                return AVERROR(ENOENT);
            if (!c->fc->io_open(c->fc, pb, filename, AVIO_FLAG_READ, NULL))
                return 0;
        }
    } else if (c->use_absolute_path) {
        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Using absolute path on user request, "
               "this is a possible security issue\n");
        if (!c->fc->io_open(c->fc, pb, ref->path, AVIO_FLAG_READ, NULL))
            return 0;
    } else {
        av_log(c->fc, AV_LOG_ERROR,
               "Absolute path %s not tried for security reasons, "
               "set demuxer option use_absolute_path to allow absolute paths\n",
               ref->path);
    }

    return AVERROR(ENOENT);
}

The product performs an iteration or loop without sufficiently limiting the number of times that the loop is executed.