CVE-2018-5766

N/A
Published: January 18, 2018 at 07:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibav

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

In Libav through 12.2, there is an invalid memcpy in the av_packet_ref function of libavcodec/avpacket.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted avi file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 12.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102793
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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