PT-2018-6770

CVE-2017-18244

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Published

2018-03-22

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Updated

2018-04-18

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CVSS 3.1
6.5
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Libav version 12.2
Description: The issue is related to the stereo processing function in libavcodec/aacps.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted aac file. This is related to the ff ps apply function.
Recommendations: For Libav version 12.2, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version allows for a denial of service attack via a crafted aac file. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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