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2019-09-19
In Libav 12.3, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because srt_to_ass in libavcodec/srtdec.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
Products | Libav |
Type | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Links |
• https://lgtm.com/security/
• https://github.com/libav/libav/blob/df744e3cf66548c9167ea857104a29d2ea92819e/libavcodec/srtdec.c#L90 |