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CVE-2019-12730

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 does not check for sscanf failure...

9.8 CriticalFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.06%Up 1.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-12730
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-12730
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4320 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-4320
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qvcr-p33x-3v45 No score

aa_read_header in libavformat/aadec.c in FFmpeg before 3.2.14 does not check for sscanf failure...

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

Record
GHSA-qvcr-p33x-3v45
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-12730 9.8

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.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2019-12730
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-12730
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-12730 9.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12730
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-12730 9.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12730
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3184-1 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-17542: Fixed a heap-buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk due to an out-of-array access (bsc#1154064).
  • CVE-2019-12730: Fixed an uninitialized use of variables due to an improper check (bsc#1137526).
  • CVE-2019-9718: Fixed a denial of service in the subtitle decode (bsc#1129715).
  • CVE-2018-13301: Fixed a denial of service while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4 (bsc#1100352).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3184-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:3184-2 No score

Security update for ffmpeg

This update for ffmpeg fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-17542: Fixed a heap-buffer overflow in vqa_decode_chunk due to an out-of-array access (bsc#1154064).
  • CVE-2019-12730: Fixed an uninitialized use of variables due to an improper check (bsc#1137526).
  • CVE-2019-9718: Fixed a denial of service in the subtitle decode (bsc#1129715).
  • CVE-2018-13301: Fixed a denial of service while converting a crafted AVI file to MPEG4 (bsc#1100352).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:3184-2
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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.10
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.11
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.12
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.13
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.14
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.15
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.16
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.17
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.18
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.19
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.20
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.21
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.22
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.23
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.24
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Alpine:v3.9
before 4.0.6-r0
4.0.6-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.16
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.17
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.18
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.19
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.20
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.21
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg4
Alpine:v3.22
before 4.1.4-r0
4.1.4-r0
ffmpeg
Debian:12
before 7:4.1.4-1
7:4.1.4-1
ffmpeg
Debian:13
before 7:4.1.4-1
7:4.1.4-1
ffmpeg
Debian:14
before 7:4.1.4-1
7:4.1.4-1
ffmpeg
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
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
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7:3.2.6-17:3.2.7-1~deb9u17:3.2.8-1~deb9u17:3.2.9-1~deb9u1
7:3.2.14-1~deb9u1
ffmpeg
Debian:10
before 7:4.1.4-1~deb10u1, plus listed versions
7:4.1.3-1
7:4.1.4-1~deb10u1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 3.4.2-4.27.1
3.4.2-4.27.1
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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
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7:2.8.4-1ubuntu17:2.8.4-1ubuntu27:2.8.4-1ubuntu37:2.8.4-1ubuntu47:2.8.6-1ubuntu17:2.8.6-1ubuntu27:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ffmpeg
Ubuntu: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
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7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
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
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7:2.8.4-1ubuntu17:2.8.4-1ubuntu27:2.8.4-1ubuntu37:2.8.4-1ubuntu47:2.8.6-1ubuntu17:2.8.6-1ubuntu27:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.17:2.8.15-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
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
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7:3.4.1-17:3.4.1-1build17:3.4.2-17:3.4.2-1build17:3.4.2-27:3.4.4-0ubuntu0.18.04.17:3.4.6-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
7:3.4.8-0ubuntu0.2
ffmpeg
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
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

History

History
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aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-12730 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ffmpeg, published May 22, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.06%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in ffmpeg 4.1.4-r0.

References

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