CVE-2018-6392

Publication date 29 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The filter_slice function in libavfilter/vf_transpose.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) via a crafted MP4 file.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ffmpeg	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/3f621455d62e46745453568d915badd5b1e5bcd5
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/c6939f65a116b1ffed345d29d8621ee4ffb32235
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6392