Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting libavresample3 package, versions <3.4.2-4.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBAVRESAMPLE3-2723455
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed5 Dec 2019

Introduced: 5 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-12730  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libavresample3 to version 3.4.2-4.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libavresample3 package and not the libavresample3 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.4 does not check for sscanf failure and consequently allows use of uninitialized variables.