CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15186

Double Free

Published: Oct 24, 2017 | Modified: Nov 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED

Double free vulnerability in FFmpeg 3.3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted AVI file.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg * 3.3.4 (including)
Ffmpeg Ubuntu artful *
Ffmpeg Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References