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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-9841: Out-of-bounds Read

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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-9841: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/07/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/18/2018
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

The export function in libavfilter/vf_signature.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long filename.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_3

References

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