CVE-2018-18829

MEDIUM

Libav 12.3 - Denial of Service via NULL Pointer Dereference in ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

There exists a NULL pointer dereference in ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv in vc1.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted aac file.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (1)
libav/libav 12.3
Published Oct 30, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026