CVE-2017-14055

medium
Published 2017-08-31 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
7.1
VIR risk
6.5

Description

In libavformat/mvdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in mv_read_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted MV file, which claims a large "nb_frames" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over the frames would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14055

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4f05e2e2dc1a89f38cd9f0960a6561083d714f1e

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1:3.3.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debianbookwormfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.3.4-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg3.3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-834

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.