UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14058

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14058

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14058.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14058

Upstream

CVE-2017-14058

Published

2017-08-31T15:29:00Z

Modified

2025-09-08T16:44:25Z

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
Ubuntu - medium

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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ffmpeg

Package

Name: ffmpeg
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ffmpeg@7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

7:2.*

7:2.7.2-1build1

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

7:2.8.4-1ubuntu3

7:2.8.4-1ubuntu4

7:2.8.6-1ubuntu1

7:2.8.6-1ubuntu2

7:2.8.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

7:2.8.10-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

7:2.8.11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific

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        },
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            "binary_name": "libav-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7:2.8.14-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libavcodec-dev"
        },
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            "binary_name": "libavcodec-extra"
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    "availability": "No subscription required"
}