PT-2018-11189 · FFmpeg+1 · Ffmpeg+1

Alexandru Razvan Caciulescu + 3 · Published 2018-06-15 · Updated 2026-02-06 · CVE-2018-12458

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg versions 2.8 through 4.0

Description The issue is related to an improper integer type in the mpeg4 encode gop header function, which may cause an assertion violation when converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4. This can lead to a denial of service.

Recommendations For FFmpeg versions 2.8 through 4.0, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version may trigger an assertion violation while converting crafted AVI files to MPEG4. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CLEANSTART-2026-EZ98723

CLEANSTART-2026-PS82605

CLEANSTART-2026-XE32069

CVE-2018-12458

DSA-4249-1

MGASA-2018-0319

SUSE-SU-2018:3609-1

SUSE-SU-2018_3609-1

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

Suse

References · 151

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e1182fac1afba92a4975917823a5f644bee7e6e8 · Patch
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6bbef938839adc55e8e048bc9cc2e0fafe2064df · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7751 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000016 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9718 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12458 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12458 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999010 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13305 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13904 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13302 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35965 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12284 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999011 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22019 · Security Note