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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-14442

Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.02%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In mpc8_read_header in libavformat/mpc8.c in Libav 12.3, an input file can result in an avio_seek infinite loop and hang, with 100% CPU consumption. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
1.02% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
libav/libav · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.