Vulnerability CVE-2018-6406


Published: 2018-01-30

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.

Type:

CWE-125

(Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Webmproject -> Libwebm 

 References:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webm/issues/detail?id=1492
https://github.com/dwfault/PoCs/blob/master/libwebm%20ParseVP9SuperFrameIndex%20memory%20corruption/libwebm%20ParseVP9SuperFrameIndex%20OOB%20read.md

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