CVE-2019-18214 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in the Nextcloud Video_Converter app by triggering multiple concurrent FFmpeg processes that exhaust system resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-18214?
CVE-2019-18214 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Oct 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Video_Converter app 0.1.0 for Nextcloud allows denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via multiple concurrent conversions because many FFmpeg processes may be running at once. (The workload is not queued for serial execution.)
Weakness: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18214?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Video Converter Project Video Converter.
How do I fix CVE-2019-18214?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18214 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-2019-18214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cgmm-m45x-37fq.