PT-2017-13305 · FFmpeg+2 · Ffmpeg+2

Published 2017-09-09 · Updated 2026-02-06 · CVE-2017-14225

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg version 3.3.3

Description The issue arises from the av color primaries name function in libavutil/pixdesc.c, which may return a NULL pointer based on a value in a file. However, callers of this function, such as avcodec string in libavcodec/utils.c, do not expect this outcome, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could potentially have security implications, especially in the context of the ffprobe command-line program.

Recommendations For FFmpeg version 3.3.3, consider avoiding the use of the av color primaries name function until a fix is available, or apply any available patches to resolve the NULL pointer dereference issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2226

CLEANSTART-2026-EZ98723

CLEANSTART-2026-PS82605

CLEANSTART-2026-XE32069

CVE-2017-14225

DSA-3996-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_2502-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10754-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ffmpeg

Suse

References · 185

• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/837cb4325b712ff1aab531bf41668933f61d75d2 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7751 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000016 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-14225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9718 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12458 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999010 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13305 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13904 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13302 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35965 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12284 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14225 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14225 · Vendor Advisory