CVE-2017-9987: libav

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-9987 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in libav. EPSS estimates a 2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-06-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function hpel_motion in mpegvideo_motion.c in libav 12.1. A crafted input can lead to a remote denial of service attack.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.