CVE-2018-12459

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5

Description

An inconsistent bits-per-sample value in the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-12459

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-06-15T15:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-08-02T14:18:36

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
6.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2fc108f60f98cd00813418a8754a46476b404a3c	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12459
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12459

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:37				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 08:08:01	2018-06-15T15:29Z	2018-06-15T15:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 08:08:01		2018-08-02T14:18:36	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 08:08:01		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated