usn-3967-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-05-06 17:24
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
FFmpeg vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash.

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            {
              "id": "CVE-2018-15822",
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                }
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          },
          {
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          },
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            "binary_name": "libavformat57",
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          },
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          },
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpostproc54",
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            "binary_name": "libswresample2",
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      },
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        "7:3.4-4",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling\ncertain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted\nmultimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application\ncrash.\n",
  "id": "USN-3967-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
  "published": "2019-05-06T17:24:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3967-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15822"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9718"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9721"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11338"
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "FFmpeg vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15822",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9718",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9721",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11338",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11339"
  ]
}



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