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CVE-2017-7863
FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
Description
FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 97675 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190206 [SECURITY] [DLA 1654-1] libav security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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