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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-18829

There exists a NULL pointer dereference in ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv in vc1.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted aac file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.86%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There exists a NULL pointer dereference in ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv in vc1.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted aac file.

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
0.86% probability · 56th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
libav/libav
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.