UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15672

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15672

    Published: 6 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15672

    Summary:

    Details: The read_header function in libavcodec/ffv1dec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.4 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted MP4 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15672, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15672

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav@6:9.20-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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