Improper Input Validation Affecting libav package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBAV-2367780
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Sept 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-9717  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libav.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

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