#VU32038 NULL pointer dereference in FFmpeg - CVE-2018-12460
Published: June 15, 2018 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32038
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-12460
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Software vendor:
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger a NULL pointer dereference if the studio profile is incorrectly detected while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service, related to idctdsp.c and mpegvideo.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.