CVE-2018-11224

NameCVE-2018-11224
DescriptionAn 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libav (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6:11.12-1~deb8u9vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libavsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
libavsource(unstable)(unfixed)low

Notes

[jessie] - libav <postponed> (Minor issue, oob read, no patch)
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1129
ffmpeg PoC crash fixed but different vector:
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commitdiff/7248e735599bad765e1ef39c3ea9a6d469d74049

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