6.5

CVE-2018-13304: ffmpeg Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-13304DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13304
Published 05-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-13304 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In libavcodec in FFmpeg 4.0.1, improper maintenance of the consistency between the context profile field and studio_profile in libavcodec may trigger an assertion failure while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service, related to error_resilience.c, h263dec.c, and mpeg4videodec.c.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu6 products
  • chromium-browserAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • dvbcutAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • gst-libav1.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • kinoAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • mythtvAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:4.0.2-1
Ffmpeg1 product

3 vendors · 8 products

References

4 links