CVE-2017-9992 — 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
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 28
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa.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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg3.0 — 3.0.8+4
▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:3.2.5-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:3.2.5-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4hqq-p5x5-j8xc: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-9992: Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa↗2017-06-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-9992: ffmpeg - Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa.c in FF...↗2017
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