CVE-2018-15822

Summary

CVECVE-2018-15822
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-23 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-07 02:10:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4449-1 ffmpeg DEBIAN www.debian.org
avformat/flvenc: Check audio packet size · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@d8ecb33 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
USN-3967-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4449-1] ffmpeg security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
USN-4431-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1809-1] libav security update MLIST lists.debian.org
avformat/flvenc: Check audio packet size · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@6b67d7f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500903 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 502273 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
  • 504746 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 504764 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4

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