PT-2018-11191 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Alexandru Razvan Caciulescu + 3 · Published 2018-06-15 · Updated 2026-02-06 · CVE-2018-12460

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg version 4.0

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in libavcodec when the studio profile is incorrectly detected while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4. This can lead to a denial of service. The problem is associated with the files idctdsp.c and mpegvideo.c.

Recommendations For FFmpeg version 4.0, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version may trigger a denial of service when converting specific AVI files to MPEG4. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CLEANSTART-2026-EZ98723

CLEANSTART-2026-PS82605

CLEANSTART-2026-XE32069

CVE-2018-12460

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 127

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/b3332a182f8ba33a34542e4a0370f38b914ccf7d · 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://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-2020-12284 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999011 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22019 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17542 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999013 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12460 · Security Note