What is CVE-2018-18828?

CVE-2018-18828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-18828?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libav

CVE-2018-18828

There exists a heap-based buffer overflow in vc1_decode_i_block_adv in vc1_block.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted aac file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-10-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libav — versions 12.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18828?: CVE-2018-18828 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-18828?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.