| Name | CVE-2019-17539 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2537-1, DSA-4722-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ffmpeg | source | stretch | 7:3.2.15-0+deb9u2 | | DLA-2537-1 | |
| ffmpeg | source | buster | 7:4.1.6-1~deb10u1 | | DSA-4722-1 | |
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:4.2.1-1 | low | | |
| libav | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| libav | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | | |
Notes
[jessie] - libav <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in v12.x)
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8df6884832ec413cf032dfaa45c23b1c7876670c