CVE-2018-6912 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting FFmpeg through version 3.4.2, specifically within the decode_plane function in libavcodec/utvideodec.c. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker sending a crafted AVI file, leading to an out-of-array read and system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.