Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-1999014
Published: July 23, 2018 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32009
CSH Severity: Medium
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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1999014
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
FFmpeg before commit bab0716c7f4793ec42e05a5aa7e80d82a0dd4e75 contains an out of array access vulnerability in MXF format demuxer that can result in DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted MXF file which has to be provided as input. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in bab0716c7f4793ec42e05a5aa7e80d82a0dd4e75 and later.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1999014
Install update from vendor's website.