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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-15822: Reachable Assertion

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FFmpeg: CVE-2018-15822: Reachable Assertion

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/23/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/05/2018
Modified
01/07/2021

Description

The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_16
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_13
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_3_9
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_4_5
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_0_3
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-4_1

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