Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-FFMPEG-345486
  • published12 Mar 2019
  • disclosed12 Mar 2019

Introduced: 12 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-9721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.10 ffmpeg to version 7:4.0.4-0ubuntu1 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:18.10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

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