What is CVE-2018-19130?

CVE-2018-19130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-19130?

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

Buffer overflow in Libav

CVE-2018-19130

In Libav 12.3, there is an invalid memory access in vc1_decode_frame in libavcodec/vc1dec.c that allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted aac file. NOTE: This may be a duplicate of CVE-2017-17127

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Libav — versions 12.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19130?: CVE-2018-19130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-19130?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.