CVE-2018-15822

moderate-risk
Published 2018-08-23

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Affected Vendors

Debian Canonical Ffmpeg

References (14)

Patch https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10
Patch https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449
Patch https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/6b67d7f05918f7a1ee8fc6ff21355d7e8736aa10
Patch https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d8ecb335fe4852bbc172c7b79e66944d158b4d92
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html
Mailing List https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate