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CVE-2017-17127

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

The vc1_decode_frame function in libavcodec/vc1dec.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

• libav: 12.2

References

• https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099
• https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/tracker/CVE-2017-17127
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00003.html
• https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099
• https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/tracker/CVE-2017-17127
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00003.html

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