CVE-2017-14059 Denial of service in n/a
A crafted CINE file causes excessive CPU and memory consumption in FFmpeg due to a missing EOF check, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-14059?
CVE-2017-14059 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 31 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In FFmpeg 3.3.3, a DoS in cine_read_header() due to lack of an EOF check might cause huge CPU and memory consumption. When a crafted CINE file, which claims a large "duration" field in the header but does not contain sufficient backing data, is provided, the image-offset parsing loop would consume huge CPU and memory resources, since there is no EOF check inside the loop.
Weakness: CWE-834
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14059?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2017-14059?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-14059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-14059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-14059, CLEANSTART-2024-CT58495, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14059, GHSA-crp8-6v6m-qvrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14059.