| Name | CVE-2019-9718 |
| Description | In FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4449-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 926666 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | stretch (security) | 7:3.2.18-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7:3.2.19-0+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 7:4.1.11-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed |
| libav (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6:11.12-1~deb8u9 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ffmpeg | source | stretch | 7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1 | | DSA-4449-1 | |
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:4.1.3-1 | low | | 926666 |
| libav | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/1f00c97bc3475c477f3c468cf2d924d5761d0982
[jessie] - libav <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)