PT-2018-6770 · Libav · Libav

Published 2018-03-22 · Updated 2018-04-18 · CVE-2017-18244

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: Libav version 12.2

Description: The issue is related to the stereo processing function in libavcodec/aacps.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted aac file. This is related to the ff ps apply function.

Recommendations: For Libav version 12.2, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version allows for a denial of service attack via a crafted aac file. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-18244

Affected Products

Libav

References · 6

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18244 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18244 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-18244 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105 · Note