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CVE-2017-18247

Publication date 23 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The av_audio_fifo_size function in libavutil/audio_fifo.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted media file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libav 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes


ebarretto

Seems to affect only 12.x

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H