CVE-2018-7557

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7557
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-7557.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-7557
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-02-28T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T10:09:47.559504Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The decode_init function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c in FFmpeg 2.8 through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Out of array read) via an AVI file with crafted dimensions within chroma subsampling data.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

Other

N

n0.*

n0.11-dev
n0.12-dev
n0.8

n1.*

n1.1-dev
n1.2-dev
n1.3-dev

n2.*

n2.0
n2.1-dev
n2.2-dev
n2.3-dev
n2.4-dev
n2.5-dev
n2.6-dev
n2.7-dev
n2.8
n2.8-dev
n2.8.1
n2.8.10
n2.8.11
n2.8.12
n2.8.13
n2.8.14
n2.8.2
n2.8.3
n2.8.4
n2.8.5
n2.8.6
n2.8.7
n2.8.8
n2.8.9
n2.9-dev

n3.*

n3.1-dev
n3.2-dev
n3.3-dev
n3.4-dev
n3.5-dev

Database specific

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    "vanir_signatures": [
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/e724bd1dd9efea3abb8586d6644ec07694afceae",
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_type": "Function",
            "target": {
                "file": "libavcodec/utvideodec.c",
                "function": "decode_init"
            },
            "digest": {
                "function_hash": "261170408201920726981716170408581999831",
                "length": 2014.0
            },
            "id": "CVE-2018-7557-c58f81bb"
        },
        {
            "source": "https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/commit/e724bd1dd9efea3abb8586d6644ec07694afceae",
            "signature_version": "v1",
            "deprecated": false,
            "signature_type": "Line",
            "target": {
                "file": "libavcodec/utvideodec.c"
            },
            "digest": {
                "line_hashes": [
                    "214294340827385027346326899809308912278",
                    "319967151764465081227513198959321650619",
                    "160860407430123656188533758835378100984",
                    "88426036291747426103396839917112951526",
                    "322060800242239300558022628811003160243",
                    "294584906807958280719769276673771155382",
                    "173453050150287002342984267387285969060",
                    "28682244462948592149093618534071984159",
                    "105041463035589690360197019114153569694",
                    "112286002592890528022285994238400706647"
                ],
                "threshold": 0.9
            },
            "id": "CVE-2018-7557-e1a439bc"
        }
    ]
}