CVE-2017-14223
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
09/09/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025
Description
In libavformat/asfdec_f.c in FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in asf_build_simple_index() due to lack of an EOF (End of File) check might cause huge CPU consumption. When a crafted ASF file, which claims a large "ict" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the for loop would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
7.10
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100703
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/afc9c683ed9db01edb357bc8c19edad4282b3a97
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100703
- https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/afc9c683ed9db01edb357bc8c19edad4282b3a97
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00005.html



