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CVE-2018-6392

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
Severity6.5Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability1.63 %higher than 76% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The filter_slice function in libavfilter/vf_transpose.c in FFmpeg through 3.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) via a crafted MP4 file.

CVSS

Base score
6.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.63 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
76
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Debian — Debian LinuxFfmpeg — Ffmpeg

CWEs

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