CVE-2018-16845

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16845
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-07 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-22 19:27:00 UTC
Descriptionnginx before versions 1.15.6, 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the ngx_http_mp4_module, which might allow an attacker to cause infinite loop in a worker process, cause a worker process crash, or might result in worker process memory disclosure by using a specially crafted mp4 file. The issue only affects nginx if it is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module (the module is not built by default) and the .mp4. directive is used in the configuration file. Further, the attack is only possible if an attacker is able to trigger processing of a specially crafted mp4 file with the ngx_http_mp4_module.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Xcode All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
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 14.04 All All All
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 Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application F5 Nginx All All All All
Application F5 Nginx All All All All
Application Nginx Nginx All All All All
Application Nginx Nginx All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: APPLE-SA-2021-09-20-4 Xcode 13 FULLDISC seclists.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1572-1] nginx security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2120-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
About the security content of Xcode 13 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com
USN-3812-1: nginx vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
nginx MP4 Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service and Disclose Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4335-1 nginx DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[nginx-announce] nginx security advisory (CVE-2018-16845) MISC mailman.nginx.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
nginx Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1644508 – (CVE-2018-16845) CVE-2018-16845 nginx: Denial of service and memory disclosure via mp4 module CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375873 Apple Xcode Prior to 13 Vulnerability (HT212818)
  • 500426 Alpine Linux Security Update for nginx
  • 504185 Alpine Linux Security Update for nginx
  • 730358 Nginx Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
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