Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2017-5025
Published: February 17, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32144
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5025
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
Affected software
FFmpeg
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5025
Install update from vendor's website.
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 2.8.11-r0
External References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/643950
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-05