CVE search · CVE-2019-9717
CVE-2019-9717
medium 6.5
In Libav 12.3, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because srt_to_ass in libavcodec/srtdec.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- Weakness
- CWE-400
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
| CVSS 2.0 | high 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
- libav · libav
References
- https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.c#L90ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lgtm.com/security/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.c#L90ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lgtm.com/security/Third Party Advisory