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CVE-2017-9990

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the color_string_to_rgba function in libavcodec/xpmdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3 before 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: through 3.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99313
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1466
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/cb243972b121b1ae6b60a78ff55a0506c69f3879
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99313
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1466
• https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/cb243972b121b1ae6b60a78ff55a0506c69f3879

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