Medium severity · published Oct 30, 2018
CVE-2018-18829
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
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libav · Libav
12.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18829
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18829
Exploit
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136
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