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CVE-2019-12730

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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.

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https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014b

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30

https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4

https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-04

Updated: 2020-08-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01704

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