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CVE-2019-9718

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_html…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FfmpegFfmpeg
Versions 3.2, 4.1
DebianDebian Linux
Version 9.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 18.04, 18.10, 19.04

Weakness classification

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