CVE-2018-11224 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application via a read access violation in Libav's AAC SBR decoder, affecting systems using this media processing library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-11224?
CVE-2018-11224 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libav Libav, published on 17 May 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
An issue was discovered in Libav 12.3. A read access violation in the in_table_init16 function in libavcodec/aacsbr.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by avconv.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11224?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libav Libav.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11224?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11224 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-2018-11224 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11224 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libav Libav
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh3h-cfm4-6jv3, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11224.