CVE-2018-6621
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2018 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFFMPEG
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The decode_frame function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c in FFmpeg through 3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out of array read) via a crafted AVI file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102950x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/118e1b0b3370dd1c0da442901b486689efd1654bx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/22aa37c0fedf14531783189a197542a055959b6cMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4249CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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