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CVE-2017-14058

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

In FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, the read_data function in libavformat/hls.c does not restrict reload attempts for an insufficient list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Affected products

• FFmpeg: 3.3.3

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100629
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100629
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00041.html

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