CVE-2017-9996

high
Published 2017-06-28 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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
7.8

Description

The cdxl_decode_frame function in libavcodec/cdxl.c in FFmpeg 2.8.x 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 does not exclude the CHUNKY format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:3.2.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:3.2.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:3.2.5-1
debian debiansidfixed7:3.2.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:3.2.5-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg2.8
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.1
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.2
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.3
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.4
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.5
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.6
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.7
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.8
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.9
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.10
ffmpegffmpeg2.8.11
ffmpegffmpeg3.0
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.3
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.4
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.5
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.6
ffmpegffmpeg3.0.7
ffmpegffmpeg3.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.3
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.4
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.5
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.6
ffmpegffmpeg3.1.7
ffmpegffmpeg3.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.2.1
ffmpegffmpeg3.2.2
ffmpegffmpeg3.2.3
ffmpegffmpeg3.2.4
ffmpegffmpeg3.3

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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