ALPINE-CVE-2017-9994

ALPINE-CVE-2017-9994 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

libavcodec/webp.c in FFmpeg before 2.8.12, 3.0.x before 3.0.8, 3.1.x before 3.1.8, 3.2.x before 3.2.5, and 3.3.x before 3.3.1 does not ensure that pix_fmt is set, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to the vp8_decode_mb_row_no_filter and pred8x8_128_dc_8_c functions.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.800000190734863

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

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Alpine:v3.5	ffmpeg	3.1.7-r0, 3.1.6-r0, 3.1.4-r0
Alpine:v3.6	ffmpeg	2.3.4-r0, 2.3.4-r1, 2.3.4-r2
Alpine:v3.4	ffmpeg	3.0.7-r0, 3.0.2-r1, 3.0.2-r0

Timeline

Jun 28, 2017 CVE Published
Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9994 advisory

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