PT-2017-17575 · FFmpeg · Libav

Published 2017-03-21 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7206

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libav versions 9.21

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted h264 video file. This is due to a heap-based buffer over-read in the ff h2645 extract rbsp function in libavcodec.

Recommendations For libav version 9.21, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted h264 video file could lead to a denial of service or sensitive information disclosure. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7206

Affected Products

Libav

References · 8

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7206 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7206 · Security Note
• https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=83b2b34d06e74cc8775ba3d833f9782505e17539 · Note
• https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1002 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97006 · Note