CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-12730

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Published: Jun 04, 2019 | Modified: Aug 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg * 3.2.14 (excluding)
Ffmpeg Ubuntu bionic *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu cosmic *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu disco *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu trusty *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu upstream *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References