CVE-2017-7866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FFmpeg before 2017-01-23 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow related to the decode_zbuf function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

Published: 2017-04-14

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16841	FFmpeg before 2017-01-23 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow related to the decode_zbuf 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 0.02508.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97664
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=444
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e371f031b942d73e02c090170975561fabd5c264

History

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Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.170Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-7866

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.617

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:25:22.203

Link: CVE-2017-7866

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write

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