CVE-2019-15942

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2019 at 03:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFFMPEG

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

FFmpeg through 4.2 has a "Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value" issue in h2645_parse because alloc_rbsp_buffer in libavcodec/h2645_parse.c mishandles rbsp_buffer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-58
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8093

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252

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