CVE-2019-9717 Information

Description

In Libav 12.3 a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format because srt_to_ass in libavcodec/srtdec.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.cL90 https://lgtm.com/security/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5