CVE-2019-15942

Public Exploit

Description

FFmpeg through 4.2 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" issue in h2645_parse because alloc_rbsp_buffer in libavcodec/h2645_parse.c mishandles rbsp_buffer.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8093 third party advisory exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00012.html vendor advisory broken link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-58 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15942?
CVE-2019-15942 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15942?
To fix CVE-2019-15942, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-15942 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-15942 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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