CVE-2018-14394 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 19 Jul 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted Waveform audio file due to a divide-by-zero error in FFmpeg.

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-2018-14394?

CVE-2018-14394 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 19 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

libavformat/movenc.c in FFmpeg before 4.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash caused by a divide-by-zero error) with a user crafted Waveform audio file.

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14394?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14394?

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-2018-14394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-XO44869, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14394, GHSA-8279-9gqq-prr4, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14394.