CVE-2019-17542

Critical

Description

FFmpeg before 4.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk because of an out-of-array access in vqa_decode_init in libavcodec/vqavideo.c.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFfmpeg
PublishedOct 14, 2019
First seenOct 14, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • ffmpeg ffmpeg2.8.16, 3.2.15, 3.4.7, 4.0.5, 4.1.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ffmpeg ffmpegv < 2.8.16, 3.2 ≤ v < 3.2.15, 3.4 ≤ v < 3.4.7, 4.0 ≤ v < 4.0.5, 4.1 ≤ v < 4.1.52.8.16, 3.2.15, 3.4.7, 4.0.5, 4.1.5
canonical ubuntu_linux16.04, 18.04, 20.04—
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—

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