Out-of-bounds read in Libav - CVE-2018-19130
Published: July 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19515
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2018-19130
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Libav
Affected software:
Libav
Libav
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the vc1_decode_frame() function in libavcodec/vc1dec.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted aac file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19130
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.