High severity · published Aug 23, 2018
CVE-2018-15822
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
7.5
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
through 2.8 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
16.04; 18.04; 18.10; 19.04; 20.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15822
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10
Patch
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html
Mailing List
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/
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