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CVE-2017-15672

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The read_header function in libavcodec/ffv1dec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.4 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted MP4 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• FFmpeg: through 3.3.4

References

• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c20f4fcb74da2d0432c7b54499bb98f48236b904
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/03/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101690
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d893253fcd93d11258e98857175e93be7d158708
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4049
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c20f4fcb74da2d0432c7b54499bb98f48236b904
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/03/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101690
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d893253fcd93d11258e98857175e93be7d158708
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4049

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