CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-14442

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-07-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-07-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.1 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

In mpc8_read_header in libavformat/mpc8.c in Libav 12.3, an input file can result in an avio_seek infinite loop and hang, with 100% CPU consumption. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected configurations

• libav libav 12.3 • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References