Description
A denial of service in the subtitle decoder in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1 allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because handle_open_brace in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-19086 | A denial of service in the subtitle decoder in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1 allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because handle_open_brace in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3967-1 | FFmpeg vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:53.919Z
Reserved: 2019-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-9721
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-03-12T09:29:00.577
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:10.573
Link: CVE-2019-9721
OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD
Ubuntu USN