| Name | CVE-2018-18829 |
| Description | There exists a NULL pointer dereference in ff_vc1_parse_frame_header_adv in vc1.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service through a crafted aac file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libav (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6:11.12-1~deb8u9 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libav | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - libav <postponed> (Minor issue, clean crash, no patch)
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1136
ffmpeg PoC crash fixed but different vector:
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commitdiff/c79cf0129edafc388ba1c47cd7b6a620557e48de