CVE-2017-14171

Published Sep 7, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsv_parse_NSVf_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "table_entries_used" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over 'table_entries_used' would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1630-1 libav security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3996-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-5681 In libavformat/nsvdec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, a DoS in nsv_parse_NSVf_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted NSV file, which claims a large "table_entries_used" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over 'table_entries_used' would consume huge CPU resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:20 PM
Reserved
Sep 7, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 7, 2017, 6:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:05 AM