ubuntu-cve-2017-7863
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-04-14 04:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:52
Summary
Details

FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          },
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        "name": "ffmpeg",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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        "7:2.8.1-1ubuntu1",
        "7:2.8.2-1ubuntu1",
        "7:2.8.3-1",
        "7:2.8.4-1",
        "7:2.8.4-1ubuntu1",
        "7:2.8.4-1ubuntu2",
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        "7:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
        "7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "FFmpeg before 2017-02-04 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the decode_frame_common function in libavcodec/pngdec.c.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7863",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:52:03Z",
  "published": "2017-04-14T04:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7863"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=546"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/e477f09d0b3619f3d29173b2cd593e17e2d1978e"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7863"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-7863"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:58Z"
}



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