Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-18827 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Libav 12.3
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
There exists a heap-based buffer over-read in ff_vc1_pred_dc in vc1_block.c in Libav 12.3, which allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted aac file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.