Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-9717
CVE-2019-9717
Description
In Libav 12.3, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because srt_to_ass in libavcodec/srtdec.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
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Affected products
2- Libav/Libavdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.cmitrex_refsource_MISC
- lgtm.com/security/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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