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CVE-2019-17539
published 2019-10-14

CVE-2019-17539: In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL pointer dereference and possibly unspecified other impact when there is no valid close…

PriorityP336critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.01%
78.8th percentile
In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL pointer dereference and possibly unspecified other impact when there is no valid close function pointer.

Affected

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:4.2.1-1 (bookworm)ffmpeg 7:4.2.1-1 (bookworm)
ffmpegffmpeg< 3.4.73.4.7
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:4.2.1-17:4.2.1-1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:4.2.1-17:4.2.1-1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:4.2.1-17:4.2.1-1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:4.2.1-17:4.2.1-1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.17:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.27:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
ffmpegffmpeg>= 0 < 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.17:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
ffmpegffmpeg>= 4.0 < 4.0.54.0.5
ffmpegffmpeg>= 4.1 < 4.1.54.1.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8LOW
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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