Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-12730

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CVE-2019-12730

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 and 4.x ...

Published Modified CWE 908
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 and 4.x before 4.1.4 does not check for sscanf failure and consequently allows use of uninitialized variables.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.11ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.12ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.13ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.14ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.15ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.11ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.12ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.13ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.14ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.15ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.22ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.22ffmpeg44.1.4-r0
alpine 3.23ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.24ffmpeg4.1.4-r0
alpine 3.9ffmpeg4.0.6-r0
alpine edgeffmpeg4.1.4-r0
debian 10ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1~deb10u1
debian 11ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
debian 12ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
debian 13ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
debian 14ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
debian 9ffmpeg7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1
echoffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
rapidfort alpine 3.20ffmpeg8.0.1-r1
rapidfort alpine 3.21ffmpeg8.0.1-r1
rapidfort alpine 3.22ffmpeg8.0.1-r1
rapidfort alpine 3.23ffmpeg8.0.1-r1
rapidfort alpine 3.24ffmpeg8.0.1-r1
root.io debian 11rootio-ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
root.io debian 12rootio-ffmpeg7:4.1.4-1
ubuntu 16.04ffmpeg7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMffmpeg7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 18.04ffmpeg7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMffmpeg7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2

References

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