Buffer overflow in Libav - CVE-2019-14441
Published: July 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35650
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14441
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Libav
Affected software:
Libav
Libav
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in Libav 12.3. An access violation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by avconv. This is related to ff_mpa_synth_filter_float in avcodec/mpegaudiodsp_template.c. NOTE: This may be a duplicate of CVE-2018-19129.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14441
Install update from vendor's website.