{"id":"CVE-2017-7208","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7208","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:53.923Z","title":"The decode_residual function in libavcodec in libav 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted h264 video file.","description":"The decode_residual function in libavcodec in libav 9.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted h264 video file.","published":"2017-03-21T06:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["libav/libav"],"epss":{"score":0.01123,"percentile":0.6606,"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 (1.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4012","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97005","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4012","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97005","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7208","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."}