CVE-2019-9721
Publication date 12 March 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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ffmpeg | ||
18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-3967-1
- FFmpeg vulnerabilities
- 6 May 2019