SB2018021208 - Information disclosure in FFmpeg
Published: February 12, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021208
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6912)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the decode_plane function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c due to nsufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted AVI, trigger out-of-array read and cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.