CVE-2017-9051

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: May 18, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

libav before 12.1 is vulnerable to an invalid read of size 1 due to NULL pointer dereferencing in the nsv_read_chunk function in libavformat/nsvdec.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/98548

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/fe6eea99efac66839052af547426518efd970b24

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98548

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

https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1039

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

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/libav/libav/commit/fe6eea99efac66839052af547426518efd970b24

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

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.9%

77th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

Affected Vendors

libav

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