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FFmpeg: CVE-2017-9990: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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FFmpeg: CVE-2017-9990: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/28/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the color_string_to_rgba function in libavcodec/xpmdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3 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.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_3_1

References

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