What is CVE-2018-5684?

CVE-2018-5684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-5684?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libav

CVE-2018-5684

In Libav through 12.2, there is an invalid memcpy call in the ff_mov_read_stsd_entries function of libavformat/mov.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and program failure with a crafted avi file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libav
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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5684?: CVE-2018-5684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libav, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-5684?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.