Description
In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsv_parse_NSVf_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "table_entries_used" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over 'table_entries_used' would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
Published: 2017-09-07
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1630-1 libav security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3996-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5681 In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsv_parse_NSVf_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "table_entries_used" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over 'table_entries_used' would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.465Z

Reserved: 2017-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14171

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-07T06:29:00.297

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14171

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