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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.c#L90 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://lgtm.com/security/ | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
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Information
Published : 2019-09-19 21:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 20:20
NVD link : CVE-2019-9717
Mitre link : CVE-2019-9717
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-9717
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Products Affected
libav
- libav
CWE
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption