CVE-2017-7862

Publication date 14 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

FFmpeg before 2017-02-07 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame function in libavcodec/pictordec.c.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
libav 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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