CVE-2019-9717 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Libav 12.3's subtitle decoder, specifically within the srt_to_ass function in libavcodec/srtdec.c, affecting the libav product. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker via user interaction (e.g., playing a crafted Matroska video file), leading to high availability impact by hogging the CPU. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.