CVE-2018-12458

MEDIUM

FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted AVI to MPEG4 Conversion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An improper integer type in the mpeg4_encode_gop_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videoenc.c in FFmpeg 2.8 and 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4249

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 71.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 2.8
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 4.0
Published Jun 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026