High
Security advisory
The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-15822
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The flv_write_packet function in libavformat/flvenc.c in FFmpeg through 2.8 does not check for an empty audio packet, leading to an assertion failure.
osv:CVE-2018-15822
Complete source record
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