Vulnerability in Ffmpeg
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (87.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ffmpeg
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-15822?
- CVE-2018-15822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-08-23.
- How severe is CVE-2018-15822?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.