What is CVE-2017-13666?

CVE-2017-13666 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multicorewareinc X265, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-13666?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Integer overflow in Multicorewareinc X265

CVE-2017-13666

An integer underflow vulnerability exists in pixel-a.asm, the x86 assembly code for planeClipAndMax() in MulticoreWare x265 through 2.5, as used in libbpg and other products. A small height value can cause an integer underflow, which leads to a crash. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-8906.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Multicorewareinc X265 — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-191 — Integer Underflow

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13666?: CVE-2017-13666 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multicorewareinc X265, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-13666?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.