CVE-2019-11338
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows...
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
8.8
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
CVE-2019-11338- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
CVE-2019-11338- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-3019 No score
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
EUVD-2019-3019- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-96rf-5r43-949p
8.8
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows...
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
GHSA-96rf-5r43-949p- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.8
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
CVE-2019-11338- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-11338
8.8
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11338- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11338
8.8
libavcodec/hevcdec.c in FFmpeg 3.4 and 4.1.2 mishandles detection of duplicate first slices, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted HEVC data.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11338- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1 No score
Security update for ffmpeg-4
This update for ffmpeg-4 fixes the following issues:
ffmpeg-4 was updated to version 4.0.5, fixes boo#1133153
- CVE-2019-11339: The studio profile decoder in libavcodec/mpeg4videodec.c in FFmpeg 4.0 allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-array access) or possibly have unspecified. (bsc#1133153)
- For other changes see /usr/share/doc/packages/libavcodec58/Changelog
Update to version 4.2.1:
- Stable bug fix release, mainly codecs and format fixes.
- CVE-2019-15942: Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value' issue in h2645_parse (boo#1149839)
Update to FFmpeg 4.2 'Ada'
- tpad filter
- AV1 decoding support through libdav1d
- dedot filter
- chromashift and rgbashift filters
- freezedetect filter
- truehd_core bitstream filter
- dhav demuxer
- PCM-DVD encoder
- GIF parser
- vividas demuxer
- hymt decoder
- anlmdn filter
- maskfun filter
- hcom demuxer and decoder
- ARBC decoder
- libaribb24 based ARIB STD-B24 caption support (profiles A and C)
- Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in nvdec and cuviddec
- removed libndi-newtek
- agm decoder
- KUX demuxer
- AV1 frame split bitstream filter
- lscr decoder
- lagfun filter
- asoftclip filter
- Support decoding of HEVC 4:4:4 content in vdpau
- colorhold filter
- xmedian filter
- asr filter
- showspatial multimedia filter
- VP4 video decoder
- IFV demuxer
- derain filter
- deesser filter
- mov muxer writes tracks with unspecified language instead of English by default
- added support for using clang to compile CUDA kernels
- See /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog for the complete changelog.
Update to version 4.1.4
- See /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog for the complete changelog.
- Enable runtime enabling for fdkaac via --enable-libfdk-aac-dlopen
Update to version 4.1.3:
- Updates and bug fixes for codecs, filters and formats. [boo#1133153, boo#1133155, CVE-2019-11338, CVE-2019-11339]
Update to version 4.1.2:
- Updates and bug fixes for codecs, filters and formats.
Update to version 4.1.1:
- Various filter and codec fixes and enhancements.
- configure: Add missing xlib dependency for VAAPI X11 code.
- For complete changelog, see /usr/share/doc/packages/ffmpeg-4/Changelog
- enable AV1 support on x86_64
Update ffmpeg to 4.1:
- Lots of filter updates as usual: deblock, tmix, aplify, fftdnoiz, aderivative, aintegral, pal75bars, pal100bars, adeclick, adeclip, lensfun (wrapper), colorconstancy, 1D LUT filter (lut1d), cue, acue, transpose_npp, amultiply, Block-Matching 3d (bm3d) denoising filter, acrossover filter, audio denoiser as afftdn filter, sinc audio filter source, chromahold, setparams, vibrance, xstack, (a)graphmonitor filter yadif_cuda filter.
- AV1 parser
- Support for AV1 in MP4
- PCM VIDC decoder and encoder
- libtensorflow backend for DNN based filters like srcnn
- -- The following only enabled in third-party builds:
- ATRAC9 decoder
- AVS2 video decoder via libdavs2
- IMM4 video decoder
- Brooktree ProSumer video decoder
- MatchWare Screen Capture Codec decoder
- WinCam Motion Video decoder
- RemotelyAnywhere Screen Capture decoder
- AVS2 video encoder via libxavs2
- ILBC decoder
- SER demuxer
- Decoding S12M timecode in H264
- For complete changelog, see https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.1
Update ffmpeg to 4.0.3:
- For complete changelog, see https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/shortlog/n4.0.3
- CVE-2018-13305: Added a missing check for negative values of mqaunt variable (boo#1100345).
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:0024-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1 No score
ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ffmpeg-4-4.4-5.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3967-1 No score
FFmpeg vulnerabilities
It was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash.
- Record
USN-3967-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4431-1 No score
ffmpeg vulnerabilities
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly verified empty audio packets or HEVC data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service via a crafted file. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, as it was already fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. For more information see: https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3967-1 (CVE-2018-15822, CVE-2019-11338)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled sscanf failures. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12730)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain WEBM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive data or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13312)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain AVI files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-13390)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17539)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input during decoding of VQA files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17542)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain JPEG files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-12284)
It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain M3U8 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2020-13904)
- Record
USN-4431-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ffmpegDebian:12 |
before 7:4.1.3-1 | 7:4.1.3-1 |
ffmpegDebian:13 |
before 7:4.1.3-1 | 7:4.1.3-1 |
ffmpegDebian:14 |
before 7:4.1.3-1 | 7:4.1.3-1 |
libavDebian:8 |
before 6:11.12-1~deb8u7, plus listed versions 6:11.11-1~deb8u16:11.12-1~deb8u16:11.12-1~deb8u26:11.12-1~deb8u36:11.12-1~deb8u4 Show 14 moreShow less6:11.12-1~deb8u56:11.12-1~deb8u66:11.3-16:11.3-1+deb8u16:11.3-26:11.3-36:11.4-16:11.4-1~deb8u16:11.4-26:11.4-2+x32.16:11.6-1~deb8u16:11.7-1~deb8u16:11.8-1~deb8u16:11.9-1~deb8u1 |
6:11.12-1~deb8u7 |
ffmpegDebian:9 |
before 7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions 7:3.2.10-1~deb9u17:3.2.10-1~deb9u1~bpo8+17:3.2.11-1~deb9u17:3.2.12-1~deb9u17:3.2.5-1 Show 4 moreShow less7:3.2.6-17:3.2.7-1~deb9u17:3.2.8-1~deb9u17:3.2.9-1~deb9u1 |
7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 7:2.7.2-1build17:2.8.1-1ubuntu17:2.8.2-1ubuntu17:2.8.3-17:2.8.4-1 Show 11 moreShow less7:2.8.4-1ubuntu17:2.8.4-1ubuntu27:2.8.4-1ubuntu37:2.8.4-1ubuntu47:2.8.6-1ubuntu17:2.8.6-1ubuntu27:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 7:3.3.4-27:3.3.4-2build37:3.4-2ubuntu27:3.4-47:3.4-4build1 Show 6 moreShow less7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
7:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
ffmpegUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 7:3.3.4-27:3.3.4-2build37:3.4-2ubuntu27:3.4-47:3.4-4build1 Show 7 moreShow less7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2 |
ffmpegUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions 7:4.1.4-1build27:4.2.1-27:4.2.1-2ubuntu17:4.2.2-1build17:4.2.2-1ubuntu1 |
7:4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
ffmpeg-4SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2 |
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 | 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ffmpeg-4SUSE:Package Hub 15 |
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 | 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 |
ffmpeg-4SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 |
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 | 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 |
ffmpeg-4openSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 | 4.2.1-bp151.5.3.1 |
ffmpeg-4openSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 4.4-5.2 | 4.4-5.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-11338 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Ffmpeg, published April 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.35%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 7:4.1.3-1.
References
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/54655623a82632e7624714d7b2a3e039dc5faa7e
securityfocus.com/bid/108034
usn.ubuntu.com/3967-1
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/60
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4449
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00043.html
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lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00012.html
usn.ubuntu.com/4431-1
github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/9ccc633068c6fe76989f487c8932bd11886ad65b
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11338
github.com/advisories/GHSA-96rf-5r43-949p
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11338
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11338
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3967-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4431-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11338
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15822
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9718
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9721
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11339
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12730
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13312
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13390
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17539
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17542
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12284
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13904
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/BENAOQWJIO5XL2GAHMLNOYWYAO26XGQM
bugzilla.suse.com/1100345
bugzilla.suse.com/1133123
bugzilla.suse.com/1133153
bugzilla.suse.com/1133155
bugzilla.suse.com/1149839
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17555
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13305
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11338
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11339
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15942
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8216
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8217
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8218
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8219
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8363
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8365
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8661
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8663
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10190
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10191
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1897
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11399
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11665
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14054
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14055
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14056
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14057
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14058
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14059
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14169
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14170
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14171
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14222
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14223
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14225
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15186
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15672
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16840
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17081
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7859
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7863
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7866
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-13300
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15822
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6392
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6621
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7751
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-22046
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35964
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33815
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38114
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38171