CVE-2017-7862
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7:3.2.4-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7:3.2.4-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7:3.2.4-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7:3.2.4-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7:3.2.4-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | {"endIncluding":"2.8.10"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4012
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97676
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=559
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8c2ea3030af7b40a3c4275696fb5c76cdb80950a
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-19
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7862
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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