CVE-2017-14170

published 2017-09-07

CVE-2017-14170: In libavformat/mxfdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 -> 2.4, a DoS in mxf_read_index_entry_array() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU…

Priority P4 28 medium 6.5 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI R S U C N I N A H

In libavformat/mxfdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 -> 2.4, a DoS in mxf_read_index_entry_array() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted MXF file, which claims a large "nb_index_entries" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop. Moreover, this big loop can be invoked multiple times if there is more than one applicable data segment in the crafted MXF file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	ffmpeg	< ffmpeg 7:3.3.4-1 (bookworm)	ffmpeg 7:3.3.4-1 (bookworm)
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	—	—
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:3.3.4-1	7:3.3.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:3.3.4-1	7:3.3.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:3.3.4-1	7:3.3.4-1
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	>= 0 < 7:3.3.4-1	7:3.3.4-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.1 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv 6.5 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 6.5 LOW

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