6.5

CVE-2017-1000460: ffmpeg NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000460
Published 03-01-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-1000460 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-1740-1

Timeline

  1. 03-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In line libavcodec/h264dec.c:500 in libav(v13_dev0), ffmpeg(n3.4), chromium(56 prior Feb 13, 2017), the return value of init_get_bits is ignored and get_ue_golomb(&gb) is called on an uninitialized get_bits context, which causes a NULL deref exception.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

41%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.49% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.49%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.libav.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:3.1.1-1
Ffmpeg1 product
Google1 product
Libav1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links