PT-2018-17135 · FFmpeg · Libav

Published 2018-01-18 · Updated 2019-09-02 · CVE-2018-5766

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Libav versions prior to 12.3

Description: The issue is caused by an invalid memcpy in the av packet ref function of libavcodec/avpacket.c. Remote attackers could leverage this to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted avi file.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 12.3, update to version 12.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-5766

DLA-1907-1

Affected Products

Libav

References · 9

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5766 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5766 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1907-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5766 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5766 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102793 · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html · Note