CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5766
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-01-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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 configurations
• libav libav (<= 12.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102793 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html lists.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102793 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html lists.debian.org