UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7206

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7206

    Published: 21 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7206

    Summary:

    Details: The ff_h2645_extract_rbsp function in libavcodec in libav 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted h264 video file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7206, https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1002, https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=83b2b34d06e74cc8775ba3d833f9782505e17539, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7206

    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