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FFmpeg: CVE-2017-9991: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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FFmpeg: CVE-2017-9991: 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xwd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/xwddec.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.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-2_4_14
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-2_8_12
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_0_8
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_1_8
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_2_5
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-3_3_1

References

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