CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17129

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Dec 04, 2017 | Modified: Dec 15, 2017
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The ff_vc1_mc_4mv_chroma4 function in libavcodec/vc1_mc.c in Libav 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libav Libav 12.2 (including) 12.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References