UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17539

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17539
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17539.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17539
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Published
2019-10-14T02:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:38Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NULL pointer dereference and possibly unspecified other impact when there is no valid close function pointer.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libav

Package

Name
libav
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6:0.*

6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2

6:9.*

6:9.10-1ubuntu1
6:9.10-1ubuntu2
6:9.10-1ubuntu5
6:9.10-1ubuntu6
6:9.10-1ubuntu7
6:9.11-2ubuntu1
6:9.11-2ubuntu2
6:9.13-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.14-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.16-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.18-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libav-tools",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra-54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-extra-53",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice53",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra-3",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter3",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-extra-54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat54",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample1",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-extra-52",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil52",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-dev",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-extra-2",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale2",
            "binary_version": "6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ffmpeg

Package

Name
ffmpeg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

7:3.*

7:3.3.4-2
7:3.3.4-2build3
7:3.4-2ubuntu2
7:3.4-4
7:3.4-4build1
7:3.4.1-1
7:3.4.1-1build1
7:3.4.2-1
7:3.4.2-1build1
7:3.4.2-2
7:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra57",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavcodec57",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavdevice57",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter-extra6",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavfilter6",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavformat57",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavresample3",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libavutil55",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpostproc-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpostproc54",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswresample-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswresample2",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale-dev",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libswscale4",
            "binary_version": "7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}