CVE-2018-12459

MEDIUM

FFmpeg 4.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2fc108f60f98cd00813418a8754a46476b404a3c

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Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0044

EPSS Percentile 62.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Affected Products (1)

ffmpeg/ffmpeg

Timeline

Published Jun 15, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026