What is CVE-2019-15942?

CVE-2019-15942 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-15942?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2019-15942

FFmpeg through 4.2 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" issue in h2645_parse because alloc_rbsp_buffer in libavcodec/h2645_parse.c mishandles rbsp_buffer.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ffmpeg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-252

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Broken Link, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15942?: CVE-2019-15942 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-15942?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.