CVE-2018-11224
A read access violation in the in_table_init16 function in libavcodec/aacsbr.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by avconv.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in Libav 12.3. A read access violation in the in_table_init16 function in libavcodec/aacsbr.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by avconv.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 63th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libav/libav
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1129Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_HC-FjFuBNMbaoR397z_3EwpDP6wb1DNWrfkD4qRDE/editExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1129Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/16_HC-FjFuBNMbaoR397z_3EwpDP6wb1DNWrfkD4qRDE/editExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.