CVE-2017-14171

MEDIUM

FFmpeg 2.4-3.3.3 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsv_parse_NSVf_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "table_entries_used" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over 'table_entries_used' would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 61.7%
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