UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9996

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9996

    Published: 28 Jun 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9996

    Summary:

    Details: The cdxl_decode_frame function in libavcodec/cdxl.c in FFmpeg 2.8.x before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x before 3.3.1 does not exclude the CHUNKY format, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9996, https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/1e42736b95065c69a7481d0cf55247024f54b660, https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e1b60aad77c27ed5d4dfc11e5e6a05a38c70489d, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1378, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1427, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9996

    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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