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
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.