CVE-2019-17542

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.64%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/02f909dc24b1f05cfbba75077c7707b905e63cd2 third party advisory patch
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15919 issue tracking third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00003.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4722 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00022.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-17542?
CVE-2019-17542 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-17542?
To fix CVE-2019-17542, 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-2019-17542 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2019-17542 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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