Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU117354

#VU117354 Memory leak in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-1000036

Published: October 17, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU117354

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 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:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000036

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg

Software vendor:
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

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