6.5

CVE-2018-1999014: ffmpeg Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999014DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1999014CGA-237m-4ff3-j84v
Published 23-07-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1999014 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.9% 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
1.45%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FFmpeg before commit bab0716c7f4793ec42e05a5aa7e80d82a0dd4e75 contains an out of array access vulnerability in MXF format demuxer that can result in DoS. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted MXF file which has to be provided as input. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in bab0716c7f4793ec42e05a5aa7e80d82a0dd4e75 and later.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 1.47% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.45%

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

Ubuntu5 products
  • chromium-browserAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • gst-libav1.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • kinoAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • qtwebengine-opensource-srcAll versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard4 products
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-4.4.4All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-5.0.3All versions (No fix recorded)
  • torchaudio-ffmpeg-tarballs-6.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:4.0.2-1
Ffmpeg1 product

4 vendors · 11 products

References

5 links