8.8

CVE-2018-9841: ffmpeg Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 8.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-9841DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9841CGA-3f28-hg45-pfcm
Published 07-04-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-9841 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.73%
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. 07-04-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The export function in libavfilter/vf_signature.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long filename.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.73% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.73%

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

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< 7:3.4.3-1
Ffmpeg1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

4 vendors · 7 products

References

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