vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-17539: NULL Pointer Dereference

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
Title
Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.