CVE-2017-14223
Publication date 9 September 2017
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
In libavformat/asfdec_f.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in asf_build_simple_index() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted ASF file, which claims a large "ict" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the for loop would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| libav | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
6.5 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H