CVE-2019-12730

CRITICAL

FFmpeg < 3.2.14 and 4.x < 4.1.4 - Use of Uninitialized Resource in aa_read_header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0303
EPSS Percentile 85.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (1)
ffmpeg/ffmpeg < 3.2.14
Published Jun 04, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026