CVE-2017-14223

medium
Published 2017-09-09 · 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/asfdec_f.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in asf_build_simple_index() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted ASF file, which claims a large "ict" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the for loop 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-2017-14223

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/afc9c683ed9db01edb357bc8c19edad4282b3a97

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 debianbookwormfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.3.4-1
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg3.3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-400

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