Out-of-bounds read in Libav - CVE-2017-18245
Published: March 23, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37369
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2017-18245
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in The mpc8_probe function in libavformat/mpc8.c in Libav 12.2. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted audio file.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18245
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.