CVE-2019-9718 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in FFmpeg versions 3.2 and 4.1, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious Matroska video file containing specially formatted subtitles, leading to high CPU utilization and system unresponsiveness. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) to trigger, as the victim must play the crafted video. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
18.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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