CVE-2017-9987
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function hpel_motion in mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 12.1. A crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.
02 Description
There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function hpel_motion in mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 12.1. A crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-28 06:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 17:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-06-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 673a7c6328daa7072c47f6eb923f99e80868cee02c17fa9625e0d888ff8f7c32
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.libav.orghttps://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1067
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190902 [SECURITY] [DLA 1907-1] libav security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libav No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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