Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ffmpeg  (opens in a new tab)


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2.17% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-FFMPEG-617578
  • published31 Aug 2017
  • disclosed31 Aug 2017

Introduced: 31 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-14058  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ffmpeg package and not the ffmpeg package as distributed by Ubuntu.

In FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, the read_data function in libavformat/hls.c does not restrict reload attempts for an insufficient list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).