Infinite loop in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-7751
Published: April 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12184
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7751
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the svg_probe function in the libavformat/img2dec.c source code file due to improper handling of XML files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted XML file, trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the svg_probe function in the libavformat/img2dec.c source code file due to improper handling of XML files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted XML file, trigger infinite loop and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7751
Install update from vendor's website.