CVE-2017-7862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.

Published: 2017-04-14

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1142-1	libav security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4012-1	libav security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16837	FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01662.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4012
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97676
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=559
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8c2ea3030af7b40a3c4275696fb5c76cdb80950a
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-19

History

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Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-14T04:30:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.127Z

Reserved: 2017-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7862

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.447

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

Link: CVE-2017-7862

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787

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