CVE-2018-13300

HIGH

FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.0.1 - Out-of-bounds Read in AVI to MPEG4 Conversion

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.0.1, an improper argument (AVCodecParameters) passed to the avpriv_request_sample function in the handle_eac3 function in libavformat/movenc.c may trigger an out-of-array read while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service and possibly an information disclosure.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4249
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104675

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0230
EPSS Percentile 81.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 4.0.1
Published Jul 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026