Assertion violation in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-12458
Published: July 23, 2018 / Updated: July 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14017
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12458
CWE-ID: CWE-617
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 attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper integer type in the mpeg4_encode_gop_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videoenc.c. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted AVI file to MPEG4, trick the victim into converting it, trigger assertion violation and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12458
Update to version 4.0.1.