Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-6912

 

Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-6912

Published: February 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10456
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6912
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the decode_plane function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c due to nsufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted AVI, trigger out-of-array read and cause the application to crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6912

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources