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CVE-2017-7859

Published: 14 April 2017

FFmpeg before 2017-03-05 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the ff_h264_slice_context_init function in libavcodec/h264dec.c.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(7:3.3.3-1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (3.3)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H