vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-17539: NULL Pointer Dereference
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 14, 2019 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 14, 2019
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpegalpine-linux-upgrade-ffmpeg4
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