| Name | CVE-2018-12459 |
| Description | An inconsistent bits-per-sample value in the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | buster | 7:4.1.9-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7:4.3.6-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7:5.1.4-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 7:6.1.1-1 | fixed |
| sid | 7:6.1.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ffmpeg | source | experimental | 7:4.0.1-1 | low | | |
| ffmpeg | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:4.0.1-2 | low | | |
Notes
[stretch] - ffmpeg <not-affected> (Studio profile not yet supported)
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/2fc108f60f98cd00813418a8754a46476b404a3c