PT-2021-10244 · Libav · Libav

Published 2021-08-23 · Updated 2022-09-20 · CVE-2020-18778

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 12.3

Description: The issue is a heap-based buffer over-read in the vc1 decode p mb intfi function in vc1 block.c, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted file.

Recommendations: For Libav version 12.3, consider disabling the vc1 decode p mb intfi function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-18778

Affected Products

Libav

References · 9

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1155 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-18778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18778 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-18778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-18778 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-18778 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/126.html · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27742 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19959 · Telegram Post