CVE-2019-12730 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Ffmpeg

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedJun 4
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg< 3.2.14
▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:4.1.4-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:4.1.4-1+3
▶Ubuntuffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+2

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qvcr-p33x-3v45: aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec↗2022-05-24
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OSV
ffmpeg vulnerabilities↗2020-07-22
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OSV
CVE-2019-12730: aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec↗2019-06-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2020-07-22
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Debian
CVE-2019-12730: ffmpeg - aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1...↗2019
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