CVE-2017-9608

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Published 2017-12-27 · 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
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

The dnxhd decoder in FFmpeg before 3.2.6, and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted mov file.

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-2017-9608

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/611b35627488a8d0763e75c25ee0875c5b7987dd

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/31c1c0b46a7021802c3d1d18039fca30dba5a14e

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/0a709e2a10b8288a0cc383547924ecfe285cef89

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:3.3.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.3.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.3.3-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.3.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.3.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endExcluding":"3.2.6"}3.2.6

References

CWEs

CWE-476

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