CVE-2019-14442

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-835

Description

In mpc8_read_header in libavformat/mpc8.c in Libav 12.3, an input file can result in an avio_seek infinite loop and hang, with 100% CPU consumption. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
libav: 12.3

References

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html

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