CVE-2018-15822 (GCVE-0-2018-15822)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-23 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:01
VLAI
Summary
The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335f… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2018-08-23 00:00
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