NULL pointer dereference in ffjpeg - CVE-2019-16351

 

NULL pointer dereference in ffjpeg - CVE-2019-16351

Published: May 25, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28235
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-2019-16351
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in huffman_decode_step() at huffman.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

ffjpeg

How to mitigate CVE-2019-16351

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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