Denial of Service Vulnerability in FFmpeg due to Divide-By-Zero Error
CVE-2018-14395

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 July 2018

Summary

A vulnerability in FFmpeg versions 3.2 and 4.0.2 allows attackers to exploit a divide-by-zero error in the libavformat/movenc.c component. This flaw can lead to a denial of service condition, causing the application to crash when processing specially crafted audio files during conversion to the MOV format. Users are advised to update their FFmpeg installations to mitigate these risks.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4258
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041394
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/fa19fbcf712a6a6cc...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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