CVE-2019-14441 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an access violation in the audio decoding filter, affecting users of the Libav library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-14441?
CVE-2019-14441 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Libav Libav, published on 30 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Libav 12.3. An access violation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), as demonstrated by avconv. This is related to ff_mpa_synth_filter_float in avcodec/mpegaudiodsp_template.c. NOTE: This may be a duplicate of CVE-2018-19129
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14441?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libav Libav.
How do I fix CVE-2019-14441?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14441 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-14441 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14441 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libav Libav
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vgmh-258m-69rq.