Vulnerability CVE-2019-9718: Information

Description

In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Published: March 12, 2019
Modified: Oct. 7, 2022
Error type identifier: CWE-125

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 2

      cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      Configuration 3

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*