What is CVE-2017-14222?

CVE-2017-14222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-14222?

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

Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2017-14222

In libavformat/mov.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in read_tfra() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted MOV file, which claims a large "item_count" field in the header but does not c…

EPSS: 0.005 (65.3th 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-834 — Excessive Iteration

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14222?: CVE-2017-14222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ffmpeg, classified under Excessive Iteration. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-14222?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.