Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-9718 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ffmpeg (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU18320
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9718
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the subtitle decoder in ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass() function in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c when processing video files in Matroska format. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted video file, pass it to the affected application and consume all available CPU resources.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsffmpeg (Alpine package): 3.4.4-r1
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8b2616ec00d3b29a5bdc2fce68c0594898b57b63
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=adac785d84798e462af5871aa7df312c6510c248
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d8d38dabc6e30c901eb6bd6627d8337849d7c041
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=cf78a820406ae4481e937bc2fba252ff79c89a09
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=859fd99d06049c009c8b745626511cd681061a99
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.