Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20199718000
Revision Date:2019-03-12Version:1
Title:CVE-2019-9718 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:In FFmpeg 4.1, a denial of service in the subtitle decoder allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because ff_htmlmarkup_to_ass in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-9718
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ffmpeg' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'code not present').
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