CVE-2017-7863

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: April 14, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97675

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97675

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.6%

83th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

Affected Vendors

ffmpeg debian

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