Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2019-12730

 

Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2019-12730

Published: July 18, 2019 / Updated: July 12, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19232
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12730
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in aa_read_header() function in libavformat/aadec.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted media file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and crash the affected application.


Affected software

FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
Ubuntu
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
ffmpeg (Debian package)
libswscale-ffmpeg3 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package)
libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package)
libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (Ubuntu package)
libavformat-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package)
libavresample-ffmpeg2 (Ubuntu package)
ffmpeg (Ubuntu package)
libavutil-ffmpeg54 (Ubuntu package)
libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (Ubuntu package)
libswresample-ffmpeg1 (Ubuntu package)
libavdevice57 (Ubuntu package)
libswscale4 (Ubuntu package)
libswresample2 (Ubuntu package)
libpostproc54 (Ubuntu package)
libavutil55 (Ubuntu package)
libavresample3 (Ubuntu package)
libavformat57 (Ubuntu package)
libavfilter6 (Ubuntu package)
libavfilter-extra6 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec57 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec-extra57 (Ubuntu package)
libpostproc55 (Ubuntu package)
libavutil56 (Ubuntu package)
libavresample4 (Ubuntu package)
libavformat58 (Ubuntu package)
libavfilter7 (Ubuntu package)
libavfilter-extra7 (Ubuntu package)
libavdevice58 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec58 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec-extra58 (Ubuntu package)
libswresample3 (Ubuntu package)
libswscale5 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2019-12730

Install update from vendor's website.

FFmpeg - addressed in versions 3.4.7, 4.1.4
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 4.0.6-r0
ffmpeg (Debian package) - update to 7:4.1.4-1~deb10u1
libswscale-ffmpeg3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavdevice-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavfilter-ffmpeg5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavformat-ffmpeg56 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavresample-ffmpeg2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ffmpeg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1, 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2, 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavutil-ffmpeg54 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libpostproc-ffmpeg53 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libswresample-ffmpeg1 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
libavdevice57 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libswscale4 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libswresample2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libpostproc54 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavutil55 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavresample3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavformat57 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavfilter6 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavfilter-extra6 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavcodec57 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libavcodec-extra57 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
libpostproc55 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavutil56 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavresample4 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavformat58 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavfilter7 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavfilter-extra7 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavdevice58 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavcodec58 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libavcodec-extra58 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libswresample3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1
libswscale5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1

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