SB2018022612 - Denial of service in FFmpeg
Published: February 26, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018022612
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-2018-7557)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the decode_init function due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted Audio Video Interleave (AVI) file with the affected application, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.