Excessive Iteration Affecting ffmpeg package, versions <7:3.3.4-1
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- published31 Aug 2017
- disclosed31 Aug 2017
Introduced: 31 Aug 2017
CVE-2017-14055 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:13 ffmpeg to version 7:3.3.4-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.
In libavformat/mvdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in mv_read_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted MV file, which claims a large "nb_frames" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over the frames would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14055
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14055
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/4f05e2e2dc1a89f38cd9f0960a6561083d714f1e
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100626
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14055