CVE-2019-12730
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.06% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-908 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-06-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014b
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2
- https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014b
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502
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