A denial of service in the subtitle decoder in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1 allows attackers to hog the CPU via a crafted video file in Matroska format, because handle_open_brace in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a complex format argument to sscanf.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2919-1 advisory.

  - A denial of service in the subtitle decoder in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1 allows attackers to hog the CPU via a     crafted video file in Matroska format, because handle_open_brace in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a     complex format argument to sscanf. (CVE-2019-9721)

  - A heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows attackers to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21688)

  - A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows     to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file. (CVE-2020-21697)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl     function in libavutil/float_dsp.c. (CVE-2020-22046)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get     function in framepool.c. (CVE-2020-22048)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector     function in wtvdec.c. (CVE-2020-22049)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in     dict.c. (CVE-2020-22054)

  - libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar     issue to CVE-2013-0868. (CVE-2021-38114)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:2919-1 advisory.

  - A denial of service in the subtitle decoder in FFmpeg 3.2 and 4.1 allows attackers to hog the CPU via a     crafted video file in Matroska format, because handle_open_brace in libavcodec/htmlsubtitles.c has a     complex format argument to sscanf. (CVE-2019-9721)

  - A heap-use-after-free in the av_freep function in libavutil/mem.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows attackers to     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21688)

  - A heap-use-after-free in the mpeg_mux_write_packet function in libavformat/mpegenc.c of FFmpeg 4.2 allows     to cause a denial of service (DOS) via a crafted avi file. (CVE-2020-21697)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the avpriv_float_dsp_allocl     function in libavutil/float_dsp.c. (CVE-2020-22046)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the ff_frame_pool_get     function in framepool.c. (CVE-2020-22048)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the wtvfile_open_sector     function in wtvdec.c. (CVE-2020-22049)

  - A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the av_dict_set function in     dict.c. (CVE-2020-22054)

  - libavcodec/dnxhddec.c in FFmpeg 4.4 does not check the return value of the init_vlc function, a similar     issue to CVE-2013-0868. (CVE-2021-38114)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3967-1 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
153011	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ffmpeg (SUSE-SU-2021:2919-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153007	openSUSE 15 Security Update : ffmpeg (openSUSE-SU-2021:2919-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
124678	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : FFmpeg vulnerabilities (USN-3967-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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