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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2019-17539

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CVE-2019-17539

In FFmpeg before 4.2, avcodec_open2 in libavcodec/utils.c allows a NUL ...

Published Modified CWE 476
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Julia9.8CVSS:3.1/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, Julia. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
julia::Julia Ecosystem Security AdvisoriesFFMPEG_jll4.3.1+0
alpine 3.10ffmpeg4.1.5-r0
alpine 3.12ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.13ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.14ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.15ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg, ffmpeg44.2-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
julia::Julia Ecosystem Security AdvisoriesFFMPEG_jll4.3.1+0
alpine 3.10ffmpeg4.1.5-r0
alpine 3.12ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.13ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.14ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.15ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.16ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.17ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.18ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.19ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.20ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.21ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.22ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.22ffmpeg44.2-r0
alpine 3.23ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.24ffmpeg4.2-r0
alpine 3.9ffmpeg4.0.6-r0
alpine edgeffmpeg4.2-r0
debian 10ffmpeg7:4.1.6-1~deb10u1
debian 11ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
debian 12ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
debian 13ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
debian 14ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
debian 9ffmpeg7:3.2.15-0+deb9u2
echoffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
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-ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
root.io debian 12rootio-ffmpeg7:4.2.1-1
ubuntu 18.04ffmpeg7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMffmpeg7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2

References

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