CVE-2019-9717

Published Sep 19, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19082 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:01 PM
Reserved
Mar 12, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 19, 2019, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:44 AM