CVE-2018-15822
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 23, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFFMPEG
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-617
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