Denial of service in Nextcloud Video Converter app
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | NO |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-18214 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-399 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
NextcloudVideo_Converter Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software |
| Vendor | Paul Lereverend |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 11.02.2020
Updated list of affected versions.
1) Resource management error
EUVDB-ID: #VU21945
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18214
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of concurrency when performing conversion of multiple FFmpeg streams. A remote attacker can consume all available CPU and memory resources and perform a denial of service attack.
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsNextcloudVideo_Converter: 0.0.2 - 0.1.3
External linkshttp://github.com/PaulLereverend/NextcloudVideo_Converter/issues/22
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.
