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CVE-2017-8906

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-191

Description

An integer underflow vulnerability exists in pixel-a.asm, the x86 assembly code for planeClipAndMax() in MulticoreWare x265 through 2.4, as used by the x265_encoder_encode dependency in libbpg and other products. A small picture can cause an integer underflow, which leads to a Denial of Service in the process of encoding.

Affected products

• Multicorewareinc X265 High Efficiency Video Coding: through 2.4

References

• https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/issues/345/integer-underflow-in-x265-source-common
• https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/issues/345/integer-underflow-in-x265-source-common

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