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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19082 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:53.259Z

Reserved: 2019-03-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-9717

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-19T21:15:10.440

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:09.980

Link: CVE-2019-9717

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