Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2017-11665

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Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2017-11665

Published: July 27, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32056
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11665
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The ff_amf_get_field_value function in libavformat/rtmppkt.c in FFmpeg 3.3.2 allows remote RTMP servers to cause a denial of service (Segmentation Violation and application crash) via a crafted stream.


Affected software

FFmpeg
ffmpeg (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-11665

Install update from vendor's website.

ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 3.1.11-r1

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