Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vlc (opens in a new tab)
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- published23 Jul 2018
- disclosed23 Jul 2018
Introduced: 23 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-1999012 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vlc package and not the vlc package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-1999012
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1999012
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1999012
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9807d3976be0e92e4ece3b4b1701be894cd7c2e1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104896