CVE-2019-14442

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.0%

Medium (6.5). EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In mpc8_read_header in libavformat/mpc8.c in Libav 12.3, an input file can result in an avio_seek infinite loop and hang, with 100% CPU consumption. Attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 63% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-835
Published: 2019-07-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
libav:libav

References

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html
https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html

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