CVE-2017-14058

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14058
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14058.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-14058
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-08-31T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-18T08:48:15.459693Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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).

References

Affected packages

Git / git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected

Git / git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
7ba100d3e6e8b1e5d5342feb960a7f081d6e15af
Fixed
7ec414892ddcad88313848494b6fc5f437c9ca4a

Affected versions

Other

N

n0.*

n0.11-dev
n0.12-dev
n0.8

n1.*

n1.1-dev
n1.2-dev
n1.3-dev

n2.*

n2.0
n2.1-dev
n2.2-dev
n2.3-dev
n2.4
n2.4-dev
n2.4.1
n2.4.10
n2.4.11
n2.4.12
n2.4.13
n2.4.2
n2.4.3
n2.4.4
n2.4.5
n2.4.6
n2.4.7
n2.4.8
n2.4.9
n2.5-dev
n2.6-dev
n2.7-dev
n2.8-dev
n2.9-dev

n3.*

n3.1-dev
n3.2-dev
n3.3-dev
n3.4-dev

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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        },
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        },
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