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CVE-2018-1999011

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow...

8.8 HighFix available

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

4.19%Up 1.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
CVE-2018-1999011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
CVE-2018-1999011
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-10706 No score

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
EUVD-2018-10706
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-27p5-8v7h-25pf 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow...

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
GHSA-27p5-8v7h-25pf
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2018-1999011 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2018-1999011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
CVE-2018-1999011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-1999011 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1999011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999011 8.8

FFmpeg before commit 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in asf_o format demuxer that can result in heap-buffer-overflow that may result in remote code execution. This attack appears to be exploitable via specially crafted ASF file that has to be provided as input to FFmpeg. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2b46ebdbff1d8dec7a3d8ea280a612b91a582869 and later.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1999011
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:2305-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-13302: Fixed out of array access issue (bsc#1100356).
  • CVE-2018-1999010: Fixed multiple out of array access vulnerabilities in the mms protocol that could result in accessing out of bound data via specially crafted input files (bnc#1102899)
  • CVE-2018-1999011: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in asf_o format demuxer that could result in remote code execution (bnc#1102689)
  • CVE-2018-1999012: Fixed an infinite loop vulnerability in pva format demuxer that could result in excessive amount of ressource allocation like CPU an RAM (CVE-2018-1999012 bnc#1102688).
  • CVE-2018-1999013: Fixed an use-after-free vulnerability in the realmedia demuxer that could allow remote attackers to read heap memory (bnc#1102687)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:2305-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.10
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.11
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.12
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.13
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.14
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.15
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.16
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.17
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.18
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.19
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.20
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.21
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.22
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.23
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.24
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.16
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.17
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.18
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.19
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.20
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.21
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.22
 before 4.0.2-r0
4.0.2-r0
ffmpeg
Debian:12
 before 7:4.0.2-1
7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg
Debian:13
 before 7:4.0.2-1
7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg
Debian:14
 before 7:4.0.2-1
7:4.0.2-1
ffmpeg
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions
7:3.2.10-1~deb9u17:3.2.10-1~deb9u1~bpo8+17:3.2.11-1~deb9u17:3.2.12-1~deb9u17:3.2.5-1
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7:3.2.6-17:3.2.7-1~deb9u17:3.2.8-1~deb9u17:3.2.9-1~deb9u1
7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 3.4.2-4.5.1
3.4.2-4.5.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 3.4.2-4.5.1
3.4.2-4.5.1
oxide-qt
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1
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1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.6.0-11.6.0-21.6.1-11.6.2-11.7.1-1
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1.7.2-11.7.90-11.8.0-11.8.1-1~ubuntu11.8.2-1~ubuntu11.8.3-1ubuntu0.11.8.3-1ubuntu0.2
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.12.2-11.12.3-11.12.4-11.13.91-11.14.0-11.14.1-1~ubuntu18.04.11.14.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu18.04.11.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.9.1+dfsg-45.9.1+dfsg-4ubuntu15.9.2+dfsg-2ubuntu15.9.3+dfsg-0ubuntu15.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu15.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu25.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2+esm1
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.16.1-11.16.2-11.16.2-2
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.12.4+dfsg-1ubuntu15.12.4+dfsg-1ubuntu35.12.5+dfsg-3ubuntu15.12.5+dfsg-6ubuntu25.12.5+dfsg-7
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5.12.5+dfsg-7build15.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu15.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1.15.12.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu21:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu2.22.04.1
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.18.5-11.20.0-11.20.1-11.20.3-0ubuntu1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.6+dfsg-15.15.6+dfsg-25.15.7+dfsg-25.15.8+dfsg-15.15.8+dfsg-1build1
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5.15.8+dfsg-1build25.15.8+dfsg-25.15.9+dfsg-15.15.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1:85.0.4183.83-0ubuntu32:1snap1-0ubuntu12:1snap1-0ubuntu2
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.22.5-11.22.6-11.22.7-11.22.8-11.22.10-11.24.1-11.24.1-1build1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.15+dfsg-25.15.15+dfsg-2build25.15.15+dfsg-2ubuntu15.15.16+dfsg-15.15.16+dfsg-1ubuntu25.15.16+dfsg-1ubuntu45.15.16+dfsg-35.15.16+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2:1snap1-0ubuntu3
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.26.0-11.26.1-11.26.2-11.26.3-11.26.4-11.26.5-11.26.6-1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.18+dfsg-25.15.18+dfsg-2build15.15.19+dfsg-15.15.19+dfsg2-1
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
2:1snap1-0ubuntu4
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.28.2-11.28.3-11.28.4-1build11.28.5-11.28.6-11.28.7-1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.19+dfsg2-45.15.19+dfsg2-65.15.19+dfsg2-7
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
2:1snap1-0ubuntu32:1snap1-0ubuntu4
 None known
gst-libav1.0
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.26.6-11.27.2-11.27.2-1build11.27.90-11.28.0-11.28.1-11.28.2-1
 None known
qtwebengine-opensource-src
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.19+dfsg2-15.15.19+dfsg2-1build15.15.19+dfsg2-25.15.19+dfsg2-35.15.19+dfsg2-45.15.19+dfsg2-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
 None known

History

History
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affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-1999011 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ffmpeg, published July 23, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.19%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 4.0.2-r0.

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