CVE-2017-9992

high

Published 2017-06-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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	`7:3.2.5-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`7:3.2.5-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`7:3.2.5-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`7:3.2.5-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`7:3.2.5-1`
debian	8.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`{"endExcluding":"2.8.12"}`	`2.8.12`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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