Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.06% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-FFMPEG-349218
  • published4 Jun 2019
  • disclosed4 Jun 2019

Introduced: 4 Jun 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ffmpeg to version 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.