CVE-2017-14225

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14225
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-09 08:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe av_color_primaries_name function in libavutil/pixdesc.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 may return a NULL pointer depending on a value contained in a file, but callers do not anticipate this, as demonstrated by the avcodec_string function in libavcodec/utils.c, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (It is also conceivable that there is security relevance for a NULL pointer dereference in av_color_primaries_name calls within the ffprobe command-line program.)

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 3.3.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 3.3.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FFmpeg 'libavutil/pixdesc.c' NULL pointer Dereference Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ffprobe: Fix null pointer dereference with color primaries MISC lists.ffmpeg.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
ffprobe: Fix null pointer dereference with color primaries · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@837cb43 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3996-1 ffmpeg DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500897 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 502267 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4
  • 504740 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg
  • 504758 Alpine Linux Security Update for ffmpeg4

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