Description
In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
Published: 2019-03-12
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4449-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19083 In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3967-1 FFmpeg vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:53.269Z

Reserved: 2019-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-9718

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-12T09:29:00.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:10.140

Link: CVE-2019-9718

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-9718 - Bugzilla

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