CVE-2017-9608
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
The dnxhd decoder in FFmpeg before 3.2.6, and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted mov file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 7:3.3.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7:3.3.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7:3.3.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 7:3.3.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 7:3.3.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ffmpeg | {"endExcluding":"3.2.6"} | 3.2.6 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/08/15/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100348
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/0a709e2a10b8288a0cc383547924ecfe285cef89
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/31c1c0b46a7021802c3d1d18039fca30dba5a14e
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/611b35627488a8d0763e75c25ee0875c5b7987dd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3957
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9608
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.