CVE-2017-7863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.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 0.01878.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Ffmpeg	Ffmpeg

Configuration 1 [-]

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

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1654-1	libav security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16838	FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97675
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-14T04:30:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.519Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-7863

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.507

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

Link: CVE-2017-7863

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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