{"id":"CVE-2017-17081","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17081","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:31:32.254Z","title":"The gmc_mmx function in libavcodec/x86/mpegvideodsp.c in FFmpeg 2.3 and 3.4 does not properly validate widths and heights, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer signedness error and out-of-array read) via a crafted MPEG file.","description":"The gmc_mmx function in libavcodec/x86/mpegvideodsp.c in FFmpeg 2.3 and 3.4 does not properly validate widths and heights, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer signedness error and out-of-array read) via a crafted MPEG file.","published":"2017-11-30T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["ffmpeg/ffmpeg"],"epss":{"score":0.01827,"percentile":0.78713,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=3516#c1","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/27f8d386829689c346ff0cef00d3af57b9fb8903","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/58cf31cee7a456057f337b3102a03206d833d5e8","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2017-November/219748.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4099","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=3516#c1","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/27f8d386829689c346ff0cef00d3af57b9fb8903","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/58cf31cee7a456057f337b3102a03206d833d5e8","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2017-November/219748.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4099","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17081","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."}