9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-12730
FFmpeg sscanf Initialization Vulnerability
Description

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.4 does not check for sscanf failure and consequently allows use of uninitialized variables.

INFO

Published Date :

June 4, 2019, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-12730 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12730 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ffmpeg ffmpeg

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Multimedia Communication

Updated: 3 years, 11 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 19, 2020, 12:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Python

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Sept. 24, 2019, 5:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-12730 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12730 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-665 CWE-908
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-65 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4502 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/30 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109317 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/9b4004c054964a49c7ba44583f4cee22486dd8f2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1.4 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40 No Types Assigned https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/compare/a97ea53...ba11e40 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014b No Types Assigned https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/ed188f6dcdf0935c939ed813cf8745d50742014b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-665
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.2.14
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.42 }} 0.16%

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0.92590

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