CVE-2017-7863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

Published: 2017-04-14

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1654-1	libav security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16838	FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02564.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97675
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-14T04:30:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.519Z

Reserved: 2017-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7863

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.507

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:25:21.853

Link: CVE-2017-7863

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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