CVE-2017-14170

MEDIUM

FFmpeg 2.4-3.3.3 - Denial of Service via Crafted MXF File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In libavformat/mxfdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 -> 2.4, a DoS in mxf_read_index_entry_array() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted MXF file, which claims a large "nb_index_entries" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop. Moreover, this big loop can be invoked multiple times if there is more than one applicable data segment in the crafted MXF file.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100700
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0177
EPSS Percentile 75.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-834
Status published
Products (1)
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 3.3.3
Published Sep 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026