PT-2018-18154 · FFmpeg+1 · Ffmpeg+1

Gwanyeong Kim · Published 2018-02-28 · Updated 2026-02-06 · CVE-2018-7557

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 3.4.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Out of array read) via an AVI file with crafted dimensions within chroma subsampling data. This is due to a problem in the decode init function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c.

Recommendations For FFmpeg versions 2.8 through 3.4.2, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1929

CLEANSTART-2026-EZ98723

CLEANSTART-2026-PS82605

CLEANSTART-2026-XE32069

CVE-2018-7557

DLA-1630-1

DSA-4249-1

MGASA-2018-0319

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ffmpeg

References · 145

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e724bd1dd9efea3abb8586d6644ec07694afceae · 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-2020-35965 · 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
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17542 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7557 · Security Note