VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12730
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.03% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- ffmpeg/ffmpeg
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.