CVE-2019-17542
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.81%
Description
FFmpeg before 4.2 has a heap-based buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk because of an out-of-array access in vqa_decode_init in libavcodec/vqavideo.c.
How to fix CVE-2019-17542
To remediate CVE-2019-17542, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ffmpeg—upgrade to 7:4.2.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-17542 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 7:4.2.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |