Division by zero in ffjpeg - CVE-2019-19888
Published: May 25, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU28233
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19888
CWE-ID: CWE-369
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within the jfif_decode() function in jfif.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
ffjpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2019-19888
Install updates from vendor's website.