CVE-2017-7866

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: April 14, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

FFmpeg before 2017-01-23 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a stack-based buffer overflow related to the decode_zbuf 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/97664
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=444
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97664
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=444
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e371f031b942d73e02c090170975561fabd5c264
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

ffmpeg