Vulnerability identifier: #VU14019
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
FFmpeg
Universal components / Libraries /
Libraries used by multiple products
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of frame types of multiple independent substreams in the handle_eac3 function in libavformat/movenc.c in EAC3_FRAME_TYPE_INDEPENDENT). A remote attacker can supply specially crafted AVI file to MPEG4, trick the victim into converting it, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the service to crash.
Mitigation
Update to version 4.0.2.
Vulnerable software versions
FFmpeg: 4.0.1
External links
http://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed22dc22216f74c75ee7901f82649e1ff725ba50
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.