Description
The function ParseVP9SuperFrameIndex in common/libwebm_util.cc in libwebm through 2018-01-30 does not validate the child_frame_length data obtained from a .webm file, which allows remote attackers to cause an information leak or a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and later out-of-bounds write), or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Published: 2018-01-30
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18163 The function ParseVP9SuperFrameIndex in common/libwebm_util.cc in libwebm through 2018-01-30 does not validate the child_frame_length data obtained from a .webm file, which allows remote attackers to cause an information leak or a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and later out-of-bounds write), or possibly have unspecified other impact.
History

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00431}

epss

{'score': 0.00469}


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Webmproject Libwebm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:33:34.070Z

Reserved: 2018-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6406

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-30T21:29:00.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:38.977

Link: CVE-2018-6406

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6406 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses