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ALPINE-CVE-2017-14055

ALPINE-CVE-2017-14055 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

In libavformat/mvdec.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in mv_read_header() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted MV file, which claims a large "nb_frames" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the loop over the frames would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.7ffmpeg0.6-r0, 0.5-r0, 0.11.2-r1
Alpine:v3.5ffmpeg2.5.3-r0, 0, 0.10.2-r0
Alpine:v3.6ffmpeg3.0.2-r1, 3.1.1-r0, 3.1.2-r0
Alpine:v3.4ffmpeg0, 0, 3.0.7-r0

Timeline

  • Aug 31, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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