CVE-2018-15822

HIGH

Ffmpeg < 2.8 - Reachable Assertion

Title source: rule

Description

The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.

References (7)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0153

EPSS Percentile 81.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-617

Status published

Affected Products (8)

ffmpeg/ffmpeg < 2.8

debian/debian_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

Timeline

Published Aug 23, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026