UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9841

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-9841
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9841.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9841
Upstream
Published
2018-04-07T07:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:50Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The export function in libavfilter/vf_signature.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long filename.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

7:3.*
7:3.3.4-2
7:3.3.4-2build3
7:3.4-2ubuntu2
7:3.4-4
7:3.4-4build1
7:3.4.1-1
7:3.4.1-1build1
7:3.4.2-1
7:3.4.2-1build1
7:3.4.2-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "ffmpeg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavdevice57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavfilter6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavformat-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavformat57"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavresample-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavresample3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavutil-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavutil55"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libpostproc-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libpostproc54"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libswresample-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libswresample2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libswscale-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libswscale4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-9841.json"