What is CVE-2017-8906?

CVE-2017-8906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multicorewareinc X265 High Efficiency Video Coding, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-8906?

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

Integer overflow in Multicorewareinc X265 High Efficiency Video Coding

CVE-2017-8906

An integer underflow vulnerability exists in pixel-a.asm, the x86 assembly code for planeClipAndMax() in MulticoreWare x265 through 2.4, as used by the x265_encoder_encode dependency in libbpg and other products. A small picture can cause an integer underflow, which leads to a Denial of Service in the process of encoding.

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Multicorewareinc X265_high_efficiency_video_coding
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-191 — Integer Underflow

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8906?: CVE-2017-8906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multicorewareinc X265 High Efficiency Video Coding, classified under Integer Underflow. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-8906?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.