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CVE-2019-9721

CVE-2019-9721 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

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.

EPSS 1.43% · 71.5th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
1.43%
71.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSffmpeg0, 7:3.3.4-2, 7:3.3.4-2build3

Timeline

  • Mar 12, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
  • Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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