Libav CVE-2018-5766 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102793
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2018-5766
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 18 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 18 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Libav Libav 12.2 Libav Libav 12.1 Libav Libav 12.0 Libav Libav 11.9 Libav Libav 11.8 Libav Libav 11.7 Libav Libav 11.5 Libav Libav 11.4 Libav Libav 11.3
Not Vulnerable:

Libav CVE-2018-5766 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Libav is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.

Libav versions through 12.2 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Libav CVE-2018-5766 Denial of Service Vulnerability

The researcher has created a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the issue. Please see the references for more information.

Libav CVE-2018-5766 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Libav CVE-2018-5766 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• Libav Homepage (Libav)
  
• Bug 1112 - invalid memcpy in av_packet_ref (libavcodec/avpacket.c) (libav.org)