VDB-122090 · CVE-2018-1999015 · BID 104896

FFmpeg Demuxer ASF File out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg (Multimedia Processing Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Demuxer. The manipulation as part of a ASF File leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

FFmpeg before commit 5aba5b89d0b1d73164d3b81764828bb8b20ff32a contains an out of array read vulnerability in ASF_F format demuxer that can result in heap memory reading. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to provided as input. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5aba5b89d0b1d73164d3b81764828bb8b20ff32a and later.

The bug was discovered 07/03/2018. The weakness was published 07/23/2018 by Paul (GitHub Repository). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1999015 since 07/23/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying the patch 5aba5b89d0b1d73164d3b81764828bb8b20ff32a is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 104896†). Similar entries are available at VDB-111271, VDB-122085, VDB-122086 and VDB-122087. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 5aba5b89d0b1d73164d3b81764828bb8b20ff32a

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07/03/2018 🔍
07/23/2018 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: 5aba5b89d0b1d73164d3b81764828bb8b20ff32a
Researcher: Paul
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1999015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1999015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-122090
SecurityFocus: 104896 - FFmpeg Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2018 06:22 PM
Updated: 04/25/2023 12:05 PM
Changes: 07/23/2018 06:22 PM (61), 03/09/2020 03:37 PM (5), 04/25/2023 12:05 PM (5)
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