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Alpine: ffmpeg4: security update to 4.0.1-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427159

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - An inconsistent bits-per-sample value in the ff_mpeg4_decode_picture_header function in
 libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger an assertion violation while converting a crafted AVI
 file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-12459)

 - libavcodec in FFmpeg 4.0 may trigger a NULL pointer dereference if the studio profile is incorrectly
 detected while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4, leading to a denial of service, related to
 idctdsp.c and mpegvideo.c. (CVE-2018-12460)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12459

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12460

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 427159

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12459, CVE-2018-12460