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CVE-2019-12730

Date: June 4, 2019

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (14)

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12730

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

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

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

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12730

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12730

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12730

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

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-12730

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Initialization

CWE-665

Use of Uninitialized Resource

CWE-908

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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