What is CVE-2017-14058?

CVE-2017-14058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-14058?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2017-14058

In FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.3, the read_data function in libavformat/hls.c does not restrict reload attempts for an insufficient list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 3.3.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14058?: CVE-2017-14058 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-14058?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.