{"id":"CVE-2017-15672","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15672","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:09:49.950Z","title":"The read_header function in libavcodec/ffv1dec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.4 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted MP4 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.","description":"The read_header function in libavcodec/ffv1dec.c in FFmpeg 2.4 and 3.3.4 and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted MP4 file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.","published":"2017-11-06T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:08:05.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["ffmpeg/ffmpeg","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02,"percentile":0.80654,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c20f4fcb74da2d0432c7b54499bb98f48236b904","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/03/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101690","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d893253fcd93d11258e98857175e93be7d158708","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4049","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c20f4fcb74da2d0432c7b54499bb98f48236b904","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/03/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101690","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/d893253fcd93d11258e98857175e93be7d158708","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4049","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15672","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}