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CVE-2017-15186

Double Free

Published: Oct 24, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
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
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15186
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html

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.

Affected Software

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

Potential Mitigations

References

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