NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <3.3.4-r0
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- published11 Jun 2026
- disclosed9 Sept 2017
Introduced: 9 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14225 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.24 ffmpeg to version 3.3.4-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.
The av_color_primaries_name function in libavutil/pixdesc.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3 may return a NULL pointer depending on a value contained in a file, but callers do not anticipate this, as demonstrated by the avcodec_string function in libavcodec/utils.c, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (It is also conceivable that there is security relevance for a NULL pointer dereference in av_color_primaries_name calls within the ffprobe command-line program.)
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14225
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14225
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/837cb4325b712ff1aab531bf41668933f61d75d2
- https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2017-August/215198.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100704
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14225