CVE-2017-9991 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
FfmpegDebian Ffmpeg
Timeline
PublishedJun 28
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x before 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:3.2.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:3.2.5-1+3
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg2.8.11+22

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7q26-fcqx-99hx: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-9991: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec↗2017-06-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-9991: ffmpeg - Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec...↗2017
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