Libav 'pcm_encode_frame' function heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Libav formerly FFmpeg is Libav team's set of cross-platform audio and video can be recorded, converted to a solution, which includes a libavcodec encoder. A security vulnerability exists in the 'pcmencodeframe' function in the libavcodec/pcm.c file in Libav version 12.2. A remote attacker can...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18246

The pcmencodeframe function in libavcodec/pcm.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer over-read via a crafted media file...