Division by zero in FFmpeg - CVE-2019-13390

 

Division by zero in FFmpeg - CVE-2019-13390

Published: July 15, 2019 / Updated: July 12, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19183
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13390
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide-by-zero condition in the "adx_write_trailer" function in the "libavformat/rawenc.c" file. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the affected application.

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13390

Install update from vendor's website.

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