Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libavutil-devel package, versions <3.4.2-4.5.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBAVUTILDEVEL-2762218
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2018

Introduced: 10 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-1999012  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libavutil-devel to version 3.4.2-4.5.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libavutil-devel package and not the libavutil-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

FFmpeg before commit 9807d3976be0e92e4ece3b4b1701be894cd7c2e1 contains a CWE-835: Infinite loop vulnerability in pva format demuxer that can result in a Vulnerability that allows attackers to consume excessive amount of resources like CPU and RAM. This attack appear to be exploitable via specially crafted PVA file has to be provided as input. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 9807d3976be0e92e4ece3b4b1701be894cd7c2e1 and later.