CVE-2018-13302 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2018-13302?

CVE-2018-13302 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 Jul 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

In FFmpeg 4.0.1, improper handling of frame types (other than EAC3_FRAME_TYPE_INDEPENDENT) that have multiple independent substreams in the handle_eac3 function in libavformat/movenc.c may trigger an out-of-array access while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

Weakness: CWE-129

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13302?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13302?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-13302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-TX11987, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13302, GHSA-4wp3-4j8h-5x7r, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13302.