UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14442

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14442

    Published: 30 Jul 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-14442

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14442, https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14442

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High