CVE-2018-13304 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in FFmpeg by providing a crafted AVI file that triggers an assertion failure during MPEG4 conversion.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2018-13304?
CVE-2018-13304 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, 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 libavcodec in FFmpeg 4.0.1, improper maintenance of the consistency between the context profile field and studio_profile in libavcodec may trigger an assertion failure while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service, related to error_resilience.c, h263dec.c, and mpeg4videodec.c.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13304?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2018-13304?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2018-13304 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13304 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-XA29190, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13304, GHSA-gqhv-6fqp-j722, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13304.