USN-4859-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4859-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4859-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4859-1
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Published
2021-03-15T22:45:48.421585Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:24Z
Summary
libmediainfo vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that MediaInfoLib contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause MediaInfoLib to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libmediainfo

Package

Name
libmediainfo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmediainfo@0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.64-2
0.7.64-3
0.7.65-1
0.7.67-1
0.7.67-2
0.7.67-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmediainfo-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmediainfo0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-mediainfodll"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.67-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-mediainfodll"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-11372",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-11373",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libmediainfo

Package

Name
libmediainfo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmediainfo@0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.73-1ubuntu1
0.7.80-1
0.7.81-1
0.7.82-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmediainfo-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libmediainfo0v5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-mediainfodll"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.7.82-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-mediainfodll"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-11372",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-11373",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}