CVE-2019-12730

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12730
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-04 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
Descriptionaa_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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-908

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
avformat/aadec: Check for scanf() failure · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@ed188f6 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Comparing a97ea53...ba11e40 · FFmpeg/FFmpeg · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4502-1] ffmpeg security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
USN-4431-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
FFmpeg CVE-2019-12730 Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4502-1 ffmpeg DEBIAN www.debian.org
git.ffmpeg.org Git - ffmpeg.git/shortlog CONFIRM git.ffmpeg.org
FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-65) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
git.ffmpeg.org Git - ffmpeg.git/commit CONFIRM git.ffmpeg.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500906 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 502276 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
  • 504749 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 504767 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4

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