CVE-2017-18243 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2017-18243?

CVE-2017-18243 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libav Libav, published on 22 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The unpack_parse_unit function in libavcodec/dirac_parser.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18243?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Libav Libav.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18243?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18243 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-18243 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18243 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2017-9051 Null dereference in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4609 Integer overflow in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-9719 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2018-5766 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x6hc-7fjr-v44g, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18243.