CVE-2017-9992
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x before 3.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
How to fix CVE-2017-9992
To remediate CVE-2017-9992, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ffmpeg—upgrade to 3.1.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 7:3.2.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9992 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.1.8-r0
- from 0, < 7:3.2.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |